MUS 112 Music Theory 2

Lecture Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 2
Credits: 3

Focuses on the detailed exploration of Western European music practices, including music notation, terminology, analysis, sight-singing, aural dictation, part-writing, and aural analysis. Covers clefs, intervals, scales, modes, circle of fifths, triads, and more. Emphasizes terminology and basic musical concepts.

Prerequisite: Placement into WR 115 (or higher), or completion of WR 090 (or higher); and completion of MUS 111; or consent of instructor. (All prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.)
Student Learning Outcomes:

Identify and write triads in all inversions.
Identify and write sevenths in all inversions.
Explain and use the inversion “Hotline”
Recognize and translate standard figured bass symbols
Identify the primary types of cadences.
Recognize and identify non-chordal tones

Statewide General Education Outcomes:

Interpret and engage in the Arts and Letters, making use of the creative process to enrich the quality of life.
Critically analyze values and ethics within a range of human experience and expression to engage more fully in local and global issues.

Content Outline

Triads
- Major
- Minor
- Augmented
- Diminished
- Inversions
- Open vs. closed
- Figured bass (basics)
Seventh Chords
- Majors
- Minor
- Augmented
- Diminished (half and full)
- Inversions (and “Hotline”)
- More figured bass
Harmonic Function
- Cadences
- Secondary Dominants
- Chord Progressions
- Non-Chordal Tones