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MUS. 108 Music Theory IV

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Course Description

Incorporates and builds on concepts introduced in MUS. 107. Through four-part chorale writing, analysis and music composition, students study late-Romantic techniques such as borrowed chords and modal mixture, chromatic mediants, Neapolitan and augmented-sixth chords, 9th, 11th and 13th chords, altered chords, and enharmonic modulation. Through analysis and music composition, students study twentieth-century techniques such as: Impressionism, tone rows, set theory, pandiatonicism and polytonalism, and advanced approaches to meter and rhythm.

Units: 3
Degree Credit
Letter Grade Only
  • Lecture hours/semester: 48-54
  • Homework hours/semester: 96-108
Prerequisites: MUS. 107 or equivalent.
Corequisites: None
Transfer Credit: CSU , UC
C-ID: MUS 150