MUS 307 - Music Theory IV: Advanced Harmony and Orchestration

Credit Hours: 3

Continuing the music theory series, this course explores larger forms such as theme and variation, sonata, and rondo. Late romantic and 20th-century techniques, including non-western scales, harmonic structures, atonality, basic set theory, and serial techniques, are introduced and examined. Emphasis is on compositional techniques, analysis, orchestration, and part writing. Incorporates advanced aural skills assessments, covering melodic and rhythmic dictation, chord and compound interval identification, and sight singing skills.

Prerequisite: MUS 205