MUTH G5843 - History of Western Music Theory

Institution:

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

Subject:

MUTH-Music Theory

Description:

Prerequisite: graduate standing and permission of graduate music office. Searches for the roots of common concepts (such as the triad), tools (such as staff notation), and terminology (Why do "key" and "clef" both mean "key") of western musical discourse and traces the development of thought about parameters such as meter, mode, scale, consonance, tuning, counterpoint, harmony, and form, while making connections between these stories and the histories of western science, mathematics, theology, philosophy and political and social structures. (Irr

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.ou.edu

Phone Number:

(405) 325-0311

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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