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3.00 Credits
Focuses on diatonic tonal language of the Common Practice period, with emphasis on the phrase as the vehicle for musical motion. Students study the role of under - lying harmonic functions (tonic, predominant, and dominant) within the phrase, and explore how the contrapuntal relationship between the soprano and bass contributes to directed motion towards the cadence. The course also includes (1) the study of counterpoint (first and second species) to sensitize students to the relationship between melodic lines, and (2) an introduction to formal analysis, with emphasis on phrases, periods, and sentences. Topics are introduced and/or reinforced through ear training. Prerequisite: passing Fundamentals of Music Theory exam, THYU 101. (3 credits) Faculty
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3.00 Credits
Topics include note reading and transposition using five clefs (treble, bass, soprano, alto, and tenor), rhythms using changing time signatures and complex subdivisions, tonal melodies featuring rapid modulation, and score reading. Materials include Renaissance vocal music, Bach chorales in open score, Beethoven symphonies, and other instrumental scores with transposing instruments. Students must demonstrate sight-singing competency in the departmental examination to pass the course. Prerequisite: THYU 102 and THYU 106. (3 credits) Faculty
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3.00 Credits
Topics include note reading and transposition (using up to seven clefs), advanced rhythmic subdivision, syncopation, conducting, chromatic and atonal melodies, and score reading. In the spring semester, each Solfège IV section focuses on a particular topic or body of repertoire, with general emphasis on 20th-century music. Students must demonstrate sight-singing competency in the departmental examination to pass the course. Prerequisite: THYU 201 and THYU 207. (3 credits) Faculty
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on writing, hearing, and analyzing chromatic harmony and modulations to closely related keys; analysis of binary and ternary forms; introduction to sonata form. Prerequisites: THYU 106 and THYU 102. (3 credits) Faculty
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3.00 Credits
Studies typical chromatic progressions and large-scale tonal designs representative of the later Common Practice period; analysis of larger works, with emphasis on works in sonata form. Continuation of THYU 207. Prerequisites: THYU 207 and THYU 201. (3 credits) Faculty PLEASE NOTE: For the following courses [except Solfège for Singers (THYU 425-6T) and Advanced Solfège (THYU 405-6T)], Jazz Studies and Contemporary Improvisation students may satisfy the prerequisite requirements through completion of THYU 202 or IMPRV 283T or IMPRV 483T, and THYU 208.
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3.00 Credits
Study of compositional process through model composition and analysis. Study includes music of composers that extend tonality (Debussy, Ravel, Ives, Copland, Hindemith), the atonal music of the second Viennese school (Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern), and music from Russia and Hungary that incorporates folk idioms (Stravinsky and Bartók), among others. Student compositions will be performed in class. Prerequisite: THYU 202, 208. (3 credits) Sandler
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3.00 Credits
Study of compositional practice through model composition and analysis of selected techniques and procedures employed by composers in the second half of the 20th century. Topics include: Postwar serialism, indeterminancy, minimalism, and the quest for new sounds. Composers include: Varese, Cage, Messiaen, Boulez, Stock hausen, Crumb, Berio, Cowell, Carter, Ligeti, Reich, Brown, and others. Student compositions will be performed in class. Continuation of THYU 305. Prerequisite: THYU 202, 208. (3 credits) Sandler
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3.00 Credits
Explores the 19th-century expansion of harmonic practice through analysis of works from Schubert to Debussy. Prerequisite: THYU 202, 208. (3 credits) Stein
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3.00 Credits
Explores aspects of the evolution from conventional 18th- and 19th-century harmonic and formal practices to their 20th-century manifestations. The approach and emphasis will depend on the individual faculty member. Prerequisite: THYU 202, 208. (3 credits) Faculty
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3.00 Credits
Studies 12-tone manipulation and serial music. The approach and emphasis will depend on the individual faculty member. Prerequisite: THYU 202, 208. (3 credits) Faculty
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