Music Theory (MUT)

This course addresses beginning music theory and ear training in order to prepare students for the standard sequence of courses for a music major. The course is also appropriate for non-majors who want to learn the rudiments of musical notation and elementary theory.

This course addresses rhythms, intervals, motifs, phrases, melodies, chords and chord progressions in the standard clefs through listening, playing, singing, and writing. At the end of the semester, the student will be able to provide Roman-numeral and figured bass analysis for simple Bach chorales, identify and write non-harmonic tones, and part-write complete phrases of four voices.

A continuation of MUT 1111, this course addresses eighteenth-century common-practice harmony, modulation, secondary dominants and leading-tone chords, and instrumental forms of both the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through reading, listening, analyzing, and writing. At the end of the semester the student will be able to provide Roman-numeral and figured-bass analysis for Bach chorales and identify modulations, secondary dominants and leading-tone chords, and part-write complete phrases for four voices.

This course addresses rhythms, intervals, motifs, phrases, melodies, chords and chord progressions in the standard clefs through listening, playing, and singing. Students will be able to sight-sing simple melodies and rhythms, take melodic and rhythmic dictation, identify intervals and chord quality, and perform keyboard skills.

This class is a continuation of MUT 1241. Students develop greater skill in sight-singing, melodic and rhythmic dictation, and aural discrimination.

This course addresses eighteenth-century common-practice harmony, modulation, secondary dominants and leading tone-chords, augmented Neapolitan sixth chords, borrowed chords, and instrumental forms of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through reading, listening, analyzing, and writing.

This course is a continuation of the advanced study of the theoretical aspects of music including chords, chord progressions, modulations, and form.

This is an advanced course in which music majors to develop refined skills in sight singing, dictation, and aural discrimination.

This course is a continuation of MUT 2246. It is an advanced course in which music majors refine skills in sight singing, dictation, rhythmic accuracy, and aural discrimination.

This course guides students through analysis, imitation, and novel application of musical techniques for improvisation, harmonic structures and progressions, and forms which historically recur throughout the American Jazz tradition. Exposure to significant repertoire and performers will also be facilitated. This course is open to all students with prior musical experience who pass an audition with the instructor.

This course utilizes foundational techniques from MUT 2641 to continue guiding students through analysis, imitation, and novel application of musical techniques for improvisation, harmonic structures and progressions, and forms which historically recur throughout the American Jazz tradition. Exposure to significant repertoire and performers will also be facilitated.

This course gives students opportunity to understand the relationship of theory to practice through participation in a service-learning experience. Students are required to complete 20 hours of volunteer work, a service-learning contract, and an oral and written reflection of the experience.