MUS 213 - Music Theory and Ear Training 3

4 credit hours - Three hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory weekly; one term.
Continues studies completed in MUS 114, Music Theory and Ear Training 2. Conduct an in-depth study of chromatic harmony; examine some techniques of 20th century composition. Learn writing in small forms. Continue developing sight singing, dictation and keyboard skills. Analysis of works relating to problems being studied. Lab fee $3.

Prerequisite(s): MUS 113 and MUS 114 or permission of department chair.

Location(s) Typically Offered: Arnold Main Campus (MC)

Term(s) Typically Offered: Fall and spring

Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Review and strengthen/mastery of foundational content in music theory.
Develop proficiency in chromaticism: secondary dominants, secondary leading tones, and larger tonicizations.
Develop proficiency in modulation.
Develop proficiency in part forms: binary and ternary.
Develop proficiency in mode mixture and basic operations of augmented sixth chords.
Increase skills and abilities in part-writing and melodic harmonic (SATB texture) skills through the inclusion of secondary functions, toncizations, modulation, mode mixture, and basic operations of augmented sixth chords.
Apply constructs in a capstone composition project.
Analyze constructs in a capstone analytical research project.
Increase skills and abilities in sight singing skills (melody and rhythm).
Increase skills and abilities in melodic, harmonic, and rhythm dictation.