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2.00 Credits
Credits: 2 credits Prerequisites: HR-111 Course Chair: J. Mulholland Required of: All Electable by: All Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall Description Continued exploration of major key harmony: secondary and extended dominant relationships. Continued study of melodic construction and motif development. Principles of linear harmonic continuity and guide tone lines. Minor key harmony; introduction to subdominant minor. Blues theory and chord progressions. Melodic rhythm, form, and melody/harmony relationship.
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3.00 Credits
Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:HR-112 Course Chair:J. Mulholland Required of:All Electable by:All Offered:Spring, Summer, Fall Description Continued analysis and application of major and minor key harmony; continued elaboration of subdominant minor and modal interchange; chord scale theory. Review of melodic construction and melody/harmony relationship; individual note analysis of melodies. Substitute dominant and related II-7 chords; diminished chord patterns; modulation.
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4.00 Credits
Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:HR-211 Course Chair:J. Mulholland Required of:All Electable by:All Offered:Spring, Summer, Fall Description Continuation of principles of modern chord progression: deceptive resolutions of secondary dominants; dominant seventh chords without dominant function; contiguous dominant motion. Review of melodic construction, form, and melody/harmony relationship; modal interchange; pedal point and ostinato; modal harmony and modal composition; compound chords; constant structures.
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2.00 Credits
Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:HR-211 Course Chair:J. Mulholland Required of:None Electable by:All Offered:Spring, Summer, Fall Description Identification and analysis of rock harmonies and melodies. Examples from the mid-1950s to the present day will be studied. Pentatonic and diatonic harmony, linear/open harmony, modulation, and classic rock chord patterns will be included. Emphasis will be placed on harmonic dictation.
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2.00 Credits
Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:HR-211 Course Chair:J. Mulholland Required of:None Electable by:All Offered:Spring, Summer, Fall Description A study of how harmony interacts with melody, lyric, rhythm, style, and form in Brazilian popular song, accomplished through examining the works of the principal songwriters of three major styles of Brazilian popular music: samba, bossa nova, and MPB (musica popular Brasiliera).
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2.00 Credits
Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:HR-211 Course Chair:J. Mulholland Required of:None Electable by:All Offered:Spring, Fall Description A study of the evolution of the blues, combined with compositional application of various blues styles. Historical study focusing on the blues as a complete and complex form as well as the basic foundation for other styles. Analysis includes examination of harmonic movement, rhythmic and melodic construction, and lyric content.
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2.00 Credits
Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:HR-212 Course Chair:J. Mulholland Required of:JCMP majors Electable by:All Offered:Spring, Summer, Fall Description Functional, extended, and bass line reharmonization. Incomplete chord structures and reharmonization of diminished chords. Application of the above techniques for writing turnarounds, introductions, interludes, modulations, and extended endings. Corrections of faulty lead sheets.
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2.00 Credits
Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:HR-212 Course Chair:J. Mulholland Required of:None Electable by:All Offered:Spring, Summer, Fall Description Emphasis on newer harmonic concepts to enable students to write and analyze tunes in the style of Mike Gibbs, Chick Corea, and others. Discussion and use of nonfunctional harmonic techniques including multitonic systems, constant cycles, and patterned material. Analysis of representative tunes.
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2.00 Credits
Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:HR-212 Course Chair:J. Mulholland Required of:None Electable by:All Offered:Spring, Summer, Fall Description Modal chord progression and melody using traditional, synthetic, and other modes. Analysis of modal jazz compositions. Modal voicings using characteristic tones and spacing considerations. Use of polytonal and polymodal relationships in original compositions.
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2.00 Credits
Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:HR-212 Course Chair:J. Mulholland Required of:None Electable by:All Offered:Spring, Fall Description A study of the music of this popular jazz fusion ensemble. Students will analyze original manuscripts and transcribed scores to discover the variety of harmonic, melodic, and rhythmic concepts used that make the music unique, and will write tunes that demonstrate their understanding of these elements. Selected compositions will be performed by the Berklee Yellowjackets Ensemble ENSB-383
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