Mar 28, 2024  
2020-2021 Academic Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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MP 1110 - Theories of Musical Practice I


Credits: 3

In this freshman-level music theory course, students will learn to apply basic techniques of analysis to existing music and extend their toolkit for the creative manipulation of musical materials in composition and arrangement. Through instructor-led lecture, analysis, and demonstration of core musical concepts, including diatonic chord functions, basic 4-part voicing, rhythmic devices, dominant 7th chords, and dominant/tonic relationships in multiple key areas, students will gain fluency in recognizing and understanding the contextual importance of melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic decisions. The course will emphasize popular and classical music in the Western tradition with stylistic examples drawn from World Music to deepen students’ connection to and understanding of core musical concepts.

Prerequisites: MP 1100 - How Music Works  or diagnostic exemption.

Course Learning Outcomes:
  • Demonstrate diatonic chord functions and basic counterpoint.
  • Identify rhythmic styles, syncopation, and meter.
  • Analyze cadential motion in any key area.
  • Create melodies and tonal chord progressions.




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