MUSC 353 - Music Theory III 3 s.h.

Music Theory III seeks to broaden and deepen a student’s overall theory knowledge by broaching concepts that both precede, and that follow Western tonal practice. “Species” counterpoint will be reviewed and will lead to a study of 18th–century contrapuntal forms (invention, canon, fugue). These counterpoint and voice leading principles will be studied through both analysis and student original compositions. In the other phase of the course, post-tonal theory will be introduced along with developments in the early and mid-20th Century. These include impressionism, modal and non-diatonic scales, upper-overtone harmony, non-tertian harmony, serialism, pandiatonicism, neoclassicism, minimalism, aleatoric principles and free atonality. A-E only. Offered fall only.
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Prerequisite(s): MUSC 250.