2024-2025 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

MUS 226 Intermediate Theory I

A continuation of elementary theory; chords of the ninth, eleventh, and thirteenth; and a beginning of the study of chromatic harmony including altered chords and their resolutions. Special emphasis is given to modulation, both in score and on the keyboard. Correlated studies include sight singing, keyboard harmony, and simple harmonic dictation. Techniques of impressionistic, polytonal, and serial composition, among others.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

MUS126 GPA 1.000 AND MUS126L GPA 1.000 AND MUS127 GPA 1.000 AND MUS127L GPA 1.000

Corequisite

MUS226L