MUSC& 142 - Music Theory II

5.0 Credits
Introduces four-part writing using triads in root position, first inversion, and second inversion. Aural skills include modes, seventh chords, inverted triads, and simple melodic and harmonic dictation. Concurrent enrollment in class piano is highly recommended.
Prerequisite MUSC& 141 with a minimum grade of 2.0 or instructor permission.
Course-level Learning Objectives (CLOs)
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Write in 4-part chorale style using triads in root position, first inversion, and second inversion.
Analyze 4-part chorale style writing, and locate spelling, spacing, doubling and voice-leading errors.
Draw from memory the diagrams of usual harmonic progressions, and create harmonic progressions that follow the diagrams.
Harmonize a melody in 4-part chorale style.
Identify and label phrases, cadences, and periods in written music.
Identify and notate the following by ear: triads in inversion; five types of seventh chords in root position; conjunct melodies; melodies with simple skips from the tonic and dominant triads; harmonic progressions of two chords in major and minor keys.
Sight-sing examples with the following parameters: simple and compound time signatures; major and minor keys; stepwise melodies and skips from the tonic and dominant triads.
Play the following on piano: five types of seventh chords in root position; scales and modes; diatonic triads in major and minor; all part-writing assignments; 4-part voicings of triads, and triads in inversion.

Course Typically Offered
Winter