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MUSA 224 Music Theory IV

Previously MUSC 211A. The final course in the four-semester Music Theory sequence, Music Theory IV continues the study of harmonic concepts pursued in MUSC 210A, Music Theory III, and introduces students to Post-Romantic and Twentieth Century melody and harmonic concepts. The student will develop further knowledge and understanding of foreign modulations, extended chords, chromaticism, non-diatonic music, and form through the study of the music of the late nineteenth and twentieth century. A review of sixteenth and eighteenth century counterpoint will be included. The practice of sight singing, rhythm reading, and melodic dictation will be continued through MUSA 225.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

MUSA 222 with a grade of C or better, or MUSC 210A with a grade of C or better

Corequisite

MUSA 225

Hours Weekly

4 hours lecture and additional practice time weekly