21&62:700:111Fundamentals of Music (3) Music notation as it applies to melody, harmony, and rhythm. Scales and beginning harmony. This course is designed for nonmusic major/minors. |
21&62:700:121Music Theory I (3) Review of scales, intervals, triads; elementary part-writing; analysis of pertinent music examples. |
21&62:700:122Music Theory II (3) Continuing study of harmony; exercises in elementary composition; analysis of musical examples. Prerequisite: 21&62:700:121 or permission of instructor. |
21&62:700:224Applied Musicianship (3) Ear training, sight singing, and dictation; study of harmony at the keyboard. Prerequisite: 21&62:700:111 or permission of instructor. |
21&62:700:235Music Theory III (3) Study of common-practice harmony, including altered and chromatic chords; written exercises; harmonic and formal analysis of selected compositions. Prerequisite: 21&62:700:112 or permission of instructor. |
21&62:700:236Music Theory IV (3) Continuation of 21&62:700:235. Prerequisite: 21&62:700:235. |
21&62:700:325,326Studies in Counterpoint (3,3) Contrapuntal theory and practice based on analysis of the works of Renaissance and baroque masters; composition in the various contrapuntal forms. |
21&62:700:342Orchestration (2) Application of the principles and techniques of orchestration; score reading. |
21&62:700:349Conducting (3) Conducting and rehearsal techniques in theory and practice. |
21&62:700:365,366Jazz Composition and Arranging (3,3) Introduction to the techniques of composing and arranging for jazz ensemble (small combo, big band, and studio orchestra); emphasis on original creative work in the contemporary jazz idiom as well as the study of classic compositions from the jazz repertoire; studio and other commercial applications considered. Prerequisite: 21&62:700:236 or permission of instructor. |
21&62:700:419,420Special Studies in Music History and Composition (3,3) Problems of music history with reports of individual inquiry; concentrated studies in creative composition. |
21&62:700:435,436Advanced Studies in Theory and Composition (3,3) Analysis of late romantic and contemporary compositions; creative composition in small forms. Prerequisite: 21&62:700:236. |
