MUS 121 - Music Theory II
Last Date of Approval: Spring 2021
3 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 45
Course Description:
This course continues elementary harmony designed to familiarize the student with the study of scales, intervals, triads, seventh chords and their inversions. The course includes harmonizing melodies and figured bass lines using primary chords. This course helps students build critical thinking and problem-solving skills through careful diagnosis and analysis, consider the viewpoints of others, and effectively express themselves, all of which will benefit them in the classroom, in life, and in the workforce
Corequisites: MUS 136 - Music Theory Lab II
Prerequisites: MUS 120 - Music Theory I and MUS 135 - Music Theory Lab I
Prerequisites/Corequisites: MUS-118 • Permission of the instructor • Successful completion of Music Theory I (MUS 120) • Enrollment in Music Theory Lab II (Music Majors)
Mode(s) of Instruction: traditional/face-to-face
Credit for Prior Learning: There are no Credit for Prior Learning opportunities for this course.
Course Fees: None
Common Course Assessment(s): None
Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
1. Learn and use a vocabulary specific to music.
2. Understand the fundamental elements of music in specific and detailed depth.
3. Develop technical skills in notating music manuscript.
4. Develop critical analysis skills.
5. Understand and apply the principles of harmony.
6. Understand and apply the principles of form. Critique various musical excerpts for use of cadences and nonharmonics.
7. Gain a knowledge of the development of musical style throughout history.
Course Objectives:
Unit One: The Fundamentals of Music
1. Apply knowledge of music symbols to writing
2. Analyze and apply the varying scales and keys to compositions
3. Understand historical relationships of elements and their usage
4. Differentiate between the various intervals
5. Analyze and apply the various triads and their inversions
Unit Two: The Structural Elements of Music
1. Discover the role of cadences and nonharmonics
2. Write a composition making use of melodic organization
3. Analyze the importance of texture and texture types
4. Apply knowledge of voice leading in two and four voices
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