MUSIC 201 Musicianship III

Prerequisite: MUSIC 102
4 lectures hrs per week: 4 hrs transfer credit
This course is the third in a sequence of four that provides extensive training in the fundamentals of music theory and ear training. It deals with the notational and aural aspects of Western music including scales, intervals, meter, rhythm, melody, and chords, and provides an introduction to polyphony and common musical forms including binary, ABA, and sonata-allegro. It continues a study of chord progressions and training in sight-singing, melodic, and rhythmic dictation, and chord recognition, and introduces two-part singing and harmonic dictation.