MU 2202 - Music Theory: Classical I (3)

Materials and methods of composition and analysis for Western classical music, focusing mainly on diatonic materials. Scale realizations, cadences, related-key modulations, the Rule of the Octave, typical patterns (schemata), and four-part writing. Study of forms, including sentence, period, small binary, and small ternary (rounded binary).

Prerequisite(s): MU 1201.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
Course Category: Major Course
Note(s): The student must be enrolled in musicianship concurrently with all theory classes unless they have completed all musicianship courses for their degree program.