Bachelor of Music

This is a course addressed to students who do not have efficient background in ear training and demonstrate difficulties in rhythm perception. During the course, students will be introduced in various topics of music theory including simple intervals (up to the 8th), major and minor scales, meters (simple and compound) and rhythms (whole note, half note, eighths, sixteenths, dotted rhythms, rests and syncopation), which will explore cognitively and practically (aural recognition and reproduction through singing, playing and writing). Prerequisite(s): Placement Test Credits: 0

Covers the basic elements of notation and meter in Western music. Topics include the staff, accidentals, rhythmic values, time signatures, simple and compound meters, major scales and key signatures, simple and compound intervals, minor scales and key signatures, whole tone scale, octatonic scales, blues scale, triad construction and basic harmonic progressions. Prerequisite(s): None; For non-music majors interview is required. Credits: 3

Introduces diatonic harmony, diatonic melody and harmony; two-part counterpoint. Students understand chord grammar through study of voice leading, figured bass, and harmonization of melodies. Topics include triads and seventh chords, the diatonic chords in major and minor keys, principles of voice leading, root position part writing, triads in first and second inversion, cadences, phrases and periods. Prerequisites: MU101. Credits: 3

This course teaches sight-singing and dictation (rhythmic, melodic, harmonic) of diatonic materials in G and F clefs. It comprises exercises in rhythmic reading (one and two parts), conducting, prepared singing, and intonation. It also includes introduction to atonal solfège.

1. Diatonic solfège (intervals up to 6th, leaps within the tonic chord).
2. Atonal solfège (2ds and 3ds)
3. Melodic music notation employing scales, intervals and the tonic chord
4. Basic rhythmic music notation including simple meter (one-part exercises)
5. Simultaneous vocal and keyboard performance of music notation (sing and play)

Prerequisite(s): None; Co-requisite for non-majors: MU101. Credits: 1.5

Builds on material learned in MU 107. Secondary chords in major and minor keys. Triplets and compound rhythms. Melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic dictation.

1. Diatonic solfège syllables including leaps on the dominant triad and secondary chords.
2. Melodic and harmonic music notation employing scales, intervals and chords
3. Intermediate rhythmic music notation including simple and compound meter
4. Vocal and keyboard performance of music notation
5. More challenging atonal solfège (2ds and 3ds).

Prerequisites: MU107. Credits: 1.5

This course is the primary source of preparation for the piano proficiency exam required of all music majors. Piano course as a secondary instrument is designed for the student whose major studying area is not piano. The course stresses basic piano technique, use of the piano as a functional instrument, and as a means for study of compositions representative of the major stylistic periods. Emphasis on music reading, piano technique, basic keyboard harmonization. This course teaches all major scales, applied theory, short pieces for prepared reading, easier short pieces for sight reading, ensemble and sing-and-play pieces. Ιntroduction to guided improvisation. Prerequisites: None. Co-requisite for non-music majors: MU101. Credits: 1

Continues the building of techniques learned at the piano, and developed in MU151. The student will study selected works of contrasting styles from the solo literature. Sight-reading and keyboard skills will be further developed. Emphasis will be given in keyboard harmony (chord progressions -degrees I, II, IV, V7-, harmonization and transposition). Prerequisites: MU151. Credits: 1

Continues the building of techniques learned at the piano, and developed in MU152. The student will study selected works of contrasting styles from the solo literature. Sight-reading and keyboard skills will be further developed. Emphasis will be given in keyboard (chord progressions -including degrees III, VI, VII and 7th chords- harmonization and transposition). The material includes modes, the chromatic and the whole-tone scale. Prerequisites: MU152. Credits: 1

Continues the building of techniques learned at the piano, and developed in MU153. The student will study selected works of contrasting styles from the solo literature. Sight-reading and keyboard skills will be further developed. Emphasis will be given in keyboard harmony (longer chord progressions including all degrees of the scale, harmonization and transposition of selected fragments from the music literature). Prerequisites: MU153. Credits: 1

Continues the building of techniques learned at the piano, and developed in MU154. The student will study selected works of contrasting styles from the solo literature. Sight-reading and keyboard skills will be further developed. Emphasis will be given in keyboard harmony (chord progressions including applied dominants and altered chords, harmonization and transposition of selected fragments from the music literature). Prerequisites: MU154. Credits: 1

Continues the building of techniques learned at the piano, and developed in MU155. The student will study selected works of contrasting styles from the solo literature. Sight-reading and keyboard skills will be further developed. Emphasis will be given figured bass realization. Introduction in clef reading at the piano (up to three parts, various clef combinations) and full score reading. Prerequisites: MU155. Credits: 1

Continues to teach diatonic harmony and introduces chromatic harmony; two-voice tonal counterpoint and analysis of small forms. More advanced study of tonal harmony and voice leading, including the topics of secondary function, modulations to other keys, and the analysis of binary and ternary forms; tonal counterpoint; formal and compositional idioms of the late Baroque; keyboard harmony, figured bass, and introduction to score reading. Prerequisite(s): MU102. Credits: 3

Introduces the literature and analysis of music through detailed study of representative compositions. Continued study of tonal and chromatic harmony and voice leading. Composition of small forms. Introduction to instrumentation and scoring. Formal and compositional idioms of the Classical period. Prerequisites: MU101, MU102, MU201. Credits: 3

Teaches the techniques of counterpoint with an emphasis on a particular style, such as that of the sixteenth or eighteenth century. Prerequisites: MU201. Credits: 3

Builds on material learned in MU 108. More challenging exercises in sight-singing and preparation of chromatic materials. Acquaintance with modes. Melodic, harmonic and rhythmic dictation. Two-part rhythmic exercises and conducting. Sing and play. This course addresses the aural recognition and cognition of chromatic and modulatory tonal melodies in bass, treble, and alto clefs. Also covers division and subdivision of beats in simple and compound meter. The material includes all triads and dominant seventh chord with primary and secondary functions. Prerequisites: MU107, MU108. Credits: 1.5

Builds on material learned in MU 207. More challenging exercises in sight-singing and preparation of increasingly chromatic materials. Acquaintance with modes. Melodic, harmonic and rhythmic dictation. Two-part rhythmic exercises and conducting. This course addresses the aural recognition and cognition of chromatic and modulatory tonal melodies in bass, treble, and alto clefs. Also covers division and subdivision of beats in simple and compound meter. The material includes all triads and the dominant seventh chord with primary and secondary functions. Atonal solfège (4ths and 5ths). Prerequisites: MU107, MU108, MU207. Credits: 1.5

The course is an overview of the beginnings of Western music history, the Middle Ages and Renaissance periods, and the rise of instrumental music in the Baroque period. It studies the great composers of each era, their compositions, the musical genres they developed and the forms they used. Commentaries on structural elements of musical composition, including melody, rhythm, tempo, dynamics, timbre, texture, harmony, thematic development, style, and finally notation. It also makes connections between folk, contemporary and non-Western music, as well as cultural practices as a means of enhancing understanding, perspective and critical thinking. Prerequisite(s): GE105; Co-requisites: GE106. Credits: 3

Studies the music from Scarlatti to Liszt. Discusses evolving changes from classicism to romanticism, and pinpoints key shifts in the musical styles. Attention is paid to defining characteristics of the composers under discussion, as well as to the cultural practices of their period. Prerequisite(s): GE105; Co-requisites: GE106. Credits: 3

Studies the music from Wagner to the present. Provides an overview of nineteenth-century romanticism and twentieth-century classical music, including genres, structures, key composers and their compositions. In addition, it includes references to technical considerations and non-Western music and cultural practices as a way to enhance understanding, perspective, and critical thinking. Prerequisite(s): GE105; Co-requisites: GE106. Credits: 3

Involves the study and performances of the great literature from the choral-symphonic tradition. Open to all by audition. Required of all students for whom chorus satisfies the required musical organization (i.e., voice, keyboard) and all conducting majors. Prerequisite(s): Audition required, MU101, MU107. Credits: 6 (1.5 per semester)