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MUS 0009A - Music Theory III

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Catalog Description Prerequisite: Completion of MUS 6B with grade of "C" or better Advisory: Completion of MUS 40C with grade of "C" or better or equivalent piano skill; completion with grade of “C” or better or concurrent enrollment in MUS 4A Hours: 54 lecture Description: This course incorporates the concepts from MUS 6B. In addition, through writing, listening, and analysis, it includes the study of applied chords, modulation, 18th century counterpoint, modal mixture, and an introduction to chromatic harmony. (C-ID MUS 140) (CSU, UC) Course Student Learning Outcomes CSLO #1: Evaluate, analyze, and compose music using Baroque and Classical era compositional forms and harmonic conventions. CSLO #2: Analyze harmony, key, and form of select compositions from 18th and 19th century European repertoire. CSLO #3: Analyze music using Roman numerals and figured bass. CSLO #4: Demonstrate understanding of period-specific part writing techniques and harmonic structures. Effective Term Fall 2025 Course Type Credit - Degree-applicable Contact Hours 54 Outside of Class Hours 108 Total Student Learning Hours 162 Course Objectives At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to: 1. Identify, analyze, and write various types of modulations between closely-related and distantly-related keys. 2. Conduct formal analysis of music which uses invention, fugue, binary and ternary forms. 3. Identify and create Neapolitan and Augmented-Sixth chords. 4. Analyze vocal forms both fine art and popular for harmonic structures and forms. 5. Identify chromatic voice-leading types, like descending chromatic lines and voice exchanges. 6. Conduct harmonic analysis of music that includes various sequences, modal mixture, chromatic harmonies, and modulations. 7. Analyze chromatic modulations that employ common tones and sequence types. 8 . Compose music using specific compositional techniques included in the course content. 9. Analyze musical examples using Roman numerals and figured bass to understand specific chords and larger harmonic structures. General Education Information Approved College Associate Degree GE Applicability AA/AS - Fine Arts CSU GE Applicability (Recommended-requires CSU approval) CSUGE - C1 Arts Cal-GETC Applicability (Recommended - Requires External Approval) Cal-GETC 3A - Arts IGETC Applicability (Recommended-requires CSU/UC approval) IGETC - 3A Arts Articulation Information CSU Transferable UC Transferable Methods of Evaluation Objective Examinations Example: 1. SATB harmonic chord progressions that include mixture chords to be completed and/or analyzed. 2. Identify correct Neapolitan and augmented sixth chords in a musical score. Projects Example: 1. Choose a popular song and present analysis of harmonic and formal structure in class. 2. Compose a composition for piano in sonata form and perform or have it performed in class. Skill Demonstrations Example: 1. Compose a short piece for keyboard in the style of a Baroque fugue. 2. Compose a short piece for keyboard or 2+ instruments using binary, ternary, or theme & variations form which incorporates elements of chromatic harmony. Repeatable No Methods of Instruction Lecture/Discussion Distance Learning Lecture: Instructor will lecture on the use of mixture chords in vocal music as a compositional device in word painting. Students will find examples of word painting through use of mixture chords. Instructor will lecture on the use of ternary forms. Students, working in small groups, will be given a 19th century composition to analyze its harmonic structure and present to the class. Instructor will lecture on the three types of augmented sixth chords in SATB style and their distinctive qualities and construction. Students will then demonstrate their understanding through creating various augmented sixth chords on a white board with class critique on possible errors and corrections. Instructor will lecture on theme and variations form, play a recording of a representative theme and variations, and provide the musical score to students. Students will discuss how the theme is varied and what kinds of variation techniques the composer used. Distance Learning Instructor will post a video lecture on theme and variations form, play a recording of a representative theme and variations. Students will discuss how the theme is varied, what kind of variation techniques the composer used. Typical Out of Class Assignments Reading Assignments 1. Read the text chapter on augmented-six chords and discuss in class. 2. Read an outside source about Beethoven or Brahms' use of mixture chords in piano and/or vocal music and report your findings. Writing, Problem Solving or Performance 1. Write a analysis of a 19th century art song, focus on relationship of harmony to meaning of text . 2. Write and perform an original composition that uses specific elements of form, harmony, and chromaticism studied throughout the semester. Other (Term projects, research papers, portfolios, etc.) Required Materials The Musician's Guide to Theory and Analysis Author: Clendinning and Marvin Publisher: W. W. Norton Publication Date: 2020 Text Edition: 4th Classic Textbook?: Yes OER Link: OER: Concise Introduction to Tonal Harmony Author: Poundie Burstein and Strauss Publisher: W. W. Norton Publication Date: 2020 Text Edition: 2nd Classic Textbook?: No OER Link: OER: Other materials and-or supplies required of students that contribute to the cost of the course.