MUS-1005: Theory Fundamentals
Description: Fundamental elements of music theory. 1005: Introduction to elements of music theory. Musical notation, scales of various global traditions, foundations of tonality; intervals, triads, dominant seventh chords, rhythm, meter, cadences, harmonic analysis. Composition with species counterpoint and the twelve-bar blues progression. Aural recognition of musical sounds through ear training. 1006: More complex harmonic and rhythmic processes. Increase complexity of intervals, chords, rhythms, progressions and score reading. Introduce transposition and vocabulary for timbre and textural discussion. Aural recognition of more advanced musical sounds through ear training. Fluency in terms and conventions for western art music, rock, hip-hop. Composition of original music.
Pathways: 6A Critique & Practice in Arts, 6D Critique & Prac in Design, 11 Intercultural&Global Aware.
Course Hours: 3 credits
Corequisites: N/A
Crosslist: N/A
Repeatability: N/A
Sections Taught: 34
Average GPA: 3.46 (rounds to B+)
Strict A Rate (No A-) : 50.34%
Average Withdrawal Rate: 2.23%
| John Irrera | 2023 | 55.0% | 26.5% | 14.6% | 1.2% | 0.2% | 2.4% | 3.33 | 6 |
| Crone Staff Lantz | 2021 | 79.5% | 14.3% | 4.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.8% | 3.74 | 4 |
| Elizabeth Lantz | 2024 | 76.2% | 21.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.1% | 0.0% | 3.68 | 2 |
| Rodriguez Juan M Berrios | 2024 | 41.6% | 30.0% | 13.8% | 7.2% | 2.4% | 5.0% | 3.05 | 7 |
| Scott Hanenberg | 2023 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 4.00 | 1 |
| Reed Molly Wilkens | 2022 | 72.0% | 18.1% | 5.3% | 0.7% | 2.8% | 1.0% | 3.57 | 4 |
| Chad R Reep | 2021 | 71.9% | 20.8% | 4.3% | 1.0% | 1.7% | 0.4% | 3.58 | 4 |
| Kimberly G Loeffert | 2024 | 35.3% | 40.0% | 12.9% | 1.2% | 3.5% | 7.1% | 3.05 | 1 |
| Polly K Middleton | 2021 | 75.7% | 15.3% | 5.8% | 2.1% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 3.63 | 2 |
| Sarah Rushing | 2019 | 78.9% | 16.0% | 3.0% | 0.7% | 0.0% | 1.4% | 3.73 | 1 |
| Wallace E Easter | 2019 | 72.6% | 18.7% | 4.5% | 0.7% | 1.4% | 2.1% | 3.62 | 2 |