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MUS-1006: 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: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: MUS-1005

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 6

Average GPA: 3.78 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 75.55%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.57%

Chad R Reep202485.1%9.3%3.9%0.0%0.9%0.9%3.804
Wallace E Easter202095.7%4.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.891
John Irrera201967.9%28.5%3.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.601

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Spring 2020Spring 2021Spring 2022Spring 2023Spring 2024Term050% W