MUS 213 - Music Theory III

1. Demonstrate and discern 18th and 19th century conventional and unconventional use of chromatic harmonies, including modal mixture, Neapolitan, augmented sixth, altered dominants, extended tertian, and chromatic mediants through analysis and part writing in a 4-voice chorale texture.
2. Demonstrate and discern an understanding of modulation and enharmonic modulation through analysis and partwriting.
3. Compose examples of second and third species counterpoint in two and three parts based on 16th century models.
4. Analyze and compose examples of 18th-century two and three voice counterpoint through analysis of 18th-century models including the invention and the fugue.
5. Discern and identify the characteristics and components of 18th and 19th century forms including binary, ternary, variation, sonata, sonata rondo, and sonata.
6. Create original compositions based on 18th century classical period compositional models studied in class.

     A. Review of First and Second Species in Two and Three Parts

     B. Third Species in Two Parts

     C. Third Species in Three Parts

II. 18th-Century Counterpoint

     A. 2-part Invention

     B. Fugue

III. Mode Mixture/borrowed Chords

IV. The Neapolitan Chord

V. Augmented Sixth Chords

     A. German

     B. French

     C. Italian

     D. Permutated

VI. Variation Forms

     A. Historical Roots

     B. Variation Techniques

VII. Sonata Form

     A. Exposition

     B. Development

     C. Recapitulation

     D. Auxiliary Components

VIII. Rondo Forms

       A. 3, 5, and 7-part Rondo

       B. Sonata-rondo Form

IX. Extended Tertian Chords

X. Altered Dominants

XI. Chromatic Mediants

Facilitated discussion: 55-65%

Mediated instruction (video, computer, etc.): 15-25%

Group work: 5-10%
Mandatory Course Components:
None
Equivalent Courses:
None