MUS 113 Music Theory 3

Lecture Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 2
Credits: 3

Continues detailed exploration of Western European music practices, including music notation, terminology, analysis, and four-part writing. Introduces advanced musical practices including figured bass realization, harmonic progressions, modulation, cadences, transposition, and form. Emphasizes advanced terminology and compositional concepts.

Prerequisite: Placement into WR 115 (or higher), or completion of WR 090 (or higher); and completion of MUS 112 within the year; or consent of instructor. (All prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.)
Student Learning Outcomes:

Understand and use four-part writing rules
Identify when four-part rules writing are broken
Understand the structure of melody and melodic variations
Describe the texture of a passage of music
Identify and describe small forms.
Identify and describe large scale forms.

Statewide General Education Outcomes:

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

Content Outline

Four-Part Writing
- Rules
  - Range
  - Character
  - Spacing
  - Motion
  - Overlap
  - Confusion
  - Resolutions
- Figured bass review
Melody
- Phrases
- Periods
- Variations
- Harmonizing a melody
Melodic Treatment
- Timbre
- Texture
Form
- Small Scale Forms
- Large Scale Forms