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MUS 0009B - Music Theory IV

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Catalog Description Prerequisite: Completion of MUS 9A with grade of "C" or better Advisory: Completion of MUS 40D with grade of "C" or better or equivalent piano skill; completion with grade of “C” or better or concurrent enrollment in MUS 4B Hours: 54 lecture Description: This course incorporates the concepts from MUS 9A. In addition, through writing and analysis, it includes the study of Sonata, sonatina, and rondo forms in the Classical and Romantic eras, followed by the study of 20th century compositional techniques such as modality, nontonality, impressionism, tone rows, set theory, and modern approaches to meter and rhythm. (C-ID MUS 150) (CSU, UC) Course Student Learning Outcomes CSLO #1: Analyze and compose music using sonata-allegro, rondo, and large ternary forms. CSLO #2: Understand and utilize integer notation in music analysis. CSLO #3: Analyze and evaluate compositions from the 20th century using concepts from set theory and serialism. CSLO #4: Compose a work using specific 20th century compositional techniques. Effective Term Fall 2025 Course Type Credit - Degree-applicable Contact Hours 54 Outside of Class Hours 108 Total Student Learning Hours 162 Course Objectives 1. Define, analyze, and/or write examples of 20th century composition techniques including modality; pentatonic, whole tone, octatonic scales; impressionism; tone rows; set theory; and advanced approaches to notation, meter and rhythm. 2. Explain the integer notation system and use it to analyze specific 20th century compositions. 3 . Identify 20th century approaches to traditional form in musical recordings and scores. 4 . Identify 20th century developments in musical notation.    General Education Information Approved College Associate Degree GE Applicability AA/AS - Fine Arts CSU GE Applicability (Recommended-requires CSU approval) Cal-GETC Applicability (Recommended - Requires External Approval) IGETC Applicability (Recommended-requires CSU/UC approval) Articulation Information CSU Transferable UC Transferable Methods of Evaluation Essay Examinations Example: 1. Choose two pieces from Schoenberg's Six Pieces for Piano, analyze and discuss how they illustrate his compositional philosophy. 2. From a reading about recent trends in composition, discuss the ways in which a particular trend is connected to traditional compositional forms. Objective Examinations Example: 1. Analyze an example of music from the 20th century harmonically, rhythmically and formally. If it is tonal, show its tonality; if not, discuss whatever compositional techniques apply. 2. From a given twelve-tone row, identify its transpositions and its retrograde and inversion in a work of Webern. Projects Example: 1. Write an example of a 12-tone row and use it in a short composition in the style of Webern or other atonal composer. 2. Create a composition in a non-traditional notation using polyrhythms. Repeatable No Methods of Instruction Lecture/Discussion Distance Learning Lecture: Instructor will lecture on the use of 12-tone row as a compositional device. Students will create an original 12-tone melodic pattern and identify transpositions and inversions. Instructor will lecture on integer notation and set theory. Working together, students will analyze melodic excerpts using integer notation, then transpose and invert sets in specific ways to generate new musical material. Distance Learning In online lecture-videos, instructor will lecture on the use of 12-tone row as a compositional device. Students will create an original 12-tone melodic pattern and identify transpositions and inversions. Typical Out of Class Assignments Reading Assignments 1. Read the text on set theory and discuss in class. 2. Read an article about the musical revolution which took place in the early twentieth century and report your findings. Writing, Problem Solving or Performance 1. Write a critical review of a live performance of Post-Romantic or later music. Include the terminology introduced in class. 2. Write a short essay about your personal definition of "Music" with reference to the works and philosophy of Arnold Schoenberg. Other (Term projects, research papers, portfolios, etc.) Create a composition in any of the styles studied in this course and describe the style and techniques you selected and why. Required Materials The Musician's Guide to Theory and Analysis Author: Jane Piper Clendenning, Elizabeth West Martin Publisher: W. W. Norton Publication Date: 2020 Text Edition: 4th Classic Textbook?: No OER Link: OER: Concise Introduction to Tonal Harmony Author: L. Poundie Burstein, Joseph N. 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.