MUS 161 - Music Theory I

FDR: HA Fine Arts Distribution
Credits: 3

Corequisite: MUS 163 - Aural Skills I A study of scales, triads, and chord progressions. Instruction will include harmonic analysis and four-part writing from the 17th and 18th century common-practice tradition. This course covers the rudiments of music, analysis and part-writing of basic diatonic triads and dominant-seventh chords, the evaluation of music through performance analysis and the use of software to compose simple works with proper notation.