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Feb 05, 2025
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MUS 229 - Music Theory and Analysis 4
Credits: 3
3 Lecture Hours
Prerequisites: MUS 228
Co-requisites: MUS 238 recommended
Description
This course builds upon the written music theory skills developed in Music Theory and Analysis 3. It covers a variety of techniques for analyzing music from the Baroque era to the present. The motives, phrases, themes and large-scale structures of compositions are analyzed with a focus on how all of these elements relate to each other and to the composition as a whole.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will:
- Demonstrate competency in musical analysis at multiple levels (i.e., motivic, phrase level and thematic).
- Employ multiple techniques for music analysis.
- Evaluate the appropriateness of various analytical techniques for specific musical tasks.
- Summarize the predominant musical forms of 18th and 19th-century art music.
- Describe 20th and 21st-century compositional techniques.
Listed Topics
- 18th and 19th-century musical forms
- 20th and 21st-century techniques
- Motivic manipulation
- Phrase rhythm
- Diatonic modes
- Non-diatonic scales
- Syncopation
- Mixed meters
Reference Materials
Textbook, CDs, sheet music, internet
Students who successfully complete this course acquire general knowledge, skills and abilities that align with CCAC’s definition of an educated person. Specifically, this course fulfills these General Education Goals: - Quantitative and Scientific Reasoning
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Approved By: Dr. Quintin B. Bullock Date Approved: 12/15/2014
Last Reviewed: 5/13/2021
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