First Year Theory: Semester II

MUS 112 MUSIC THEORY I WINTER 2003 Dr. Phillip Magnuson Office: 103 MT Phone: 229.3907 Office hours posted (or by appointment) e-mail: magnuson@udayton.edu

OBJECTIVE:

The goal of music theory studies is to gain a greater understanding of the patterns of sound through examining historical models (analysis) and composing within historical styles (synthesis). Although this course deals largely with the music of Western civilization during the Common Practice Period (1600-1900), older music (pre-1600) and recent music (20th century) will be examined to demonstrate universal concepts of sound and its organization.

TEXTS:

Aldwell and Schachter: Harmony and Voice Leading [HVL] (textbook and workbook)
Benjamin/Horvit/Nelson: Music for Analysis, 5th edition [MA] (anthology)
Magnuson: The ABC's of Chorale Setting (web-based text)

CLASSES:

MWF 10:00-10:50, room 114: Please be punctual!

MATERIALS:

Texts, manuscript paper, pencil, ruler

ATTENDANCE:

Good attendance is crucial to success in this course. Attendance is taken every class. There are no "excused" absences; absences are not evaluated. Students are expected to attend every class (or to cover the material if class is missed), to read the textbook, to do all assignments, and to fully participate. Every topic is built on the previous one.

POLICIES:

Work is marked down one letter grade for each day past the due date. Missing work is marked 0%. Quizzes are never made up; exams may be made up only if missed due to a real illness or emergency.

TUTORS:

Extra outside help is available. It is suggested that you form study groups and regularly quiz each other.

CONCERT ATTENDANCE:

Each student must attend two of the following concerts (not as a performer), and write a reflective paper on one of them. If you are a member of two of these ensembles, or cannot attend two of them, you must inform Dr. Magnuson by 20 January for an alternative assignment.

University Chorale/CU	Wed., 16 April	Boll	7:00 pm
Symphonic Wind Ensemble	Sun., 9 February or Fri., 11 April	Boll Boll	3:00 pm 7:00 pm
University Orchestra	Sun., 13 April	Ballroom	3:00 pm

GRADING:

Exam I	15%
Exam II	15%
Exam III	15%
Assignments	15%
Final Exam	25%
Attendance/participation	10%
Concert attendance/paper	5%

Students must pass MUS 112 with a grade of C- or better to enroll in MUS 211.

SYLLABUS:

January 2003

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
			1	2	3	4
5	6 Review MUS 111 FINAL EXAM	7	8 HVL 9: Connections	9	10 HVL 9: Connections	11
12	13 HVL 9: Connections *Assignments due	14	15 HVL 10: Cadential 6/4	16	17 HVL 10: Cadential 6/4 *Assignments due	18
19	20 MLK DAY	21	22 HVL 11: vi and IV6	23 (Monday schedule) HVL 11: vi and IV6	24 HVL 11: vi and IV6	25
26	27 EXAM I: HVL 9-11 *Assignments due	28	29 Review EXAM I	30	31 HVL 12: 7th chords

February 2003

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
						1
2	3 HVL 12: 7th chords *Assignments due	4	5 HVL 13: IV, IV6, and vi	6	7 HVL 13: IV, IV6, and vi *Assignments due	8
9	10 HVL 14: Tonicization and modulation	11	12 HVL 14: Tonicization and modulation	13	14 HVL 14: Tonicization and modulation	15
16	17 HVL 15: III and VII	18	19 HVL 15: III and VII *Assignments due	20	21 EXAM II: HVL 12-15	22
23	24 Review EXAM II	25	26 HVL 16: Root position techniques	27	28 HVL 16: Root position techniques

March 2003

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
						1
2	3 HVL 17: Sequences	4	5 HVL 17: Sequences	6	7 HVL 18: First inversion techniques	8
9	10 HVL 19: Second inversion techniques	11	12 HVL 19: Second inversion techniques	13	14 EXAM III: HVL 16-19	15
16	17 SPRING BREAK	18 ----->	19 ----->	20 ----->	21 ----->	22
23	24 Review EXAM III	25	26 ABC's of Chorale Setting: A is for Analysis	27	28 ABC's of Chorale Setting: A is for Analysis	29
30	31 ABC's of Chorale Setting: B is for Basslines

April 2003

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
		1	2 ABC's of Chorale Setting: B is for Basslines	3	4 ABC's of Chorale Setting: C is for Counterpoint	5
6	7 ABC's of Chorale Setting: C is for Counterpoint	8	9 ABC's of Chorale Setting: D is for Diversity	10	11 ABC's of Chorale Setting: D is for Diversity	12
13	14 ABC's of Chorale Setting: D is for Diversity	15	16 ABC's of Chorale Setting: E is for Embellishment	17	18 GOOD FRIDAY	19
20	21 EASTER BREAK	22	23 ABC's of Chorale Setting: F is for Finishing *Chorale project due	24	25 Review for EXAM	26
27	28	29	30

CLASS GRADES:

Semester grade as of 2 May 2003

ID#	Grade	ID#	Grade	ID#	Grade
0095	B-	2739	B-	5853	F
0166	C+	2750	B	5877	B
0216	B-	4388	C	6682	B-
0843	C	4414	C	7047	B
1329	C	4501	B-	7114	B-
1566	D+	4871	B-	7216	C-
1692	B-	5082	C-	7963	D
1711	B	5560	B	8068	C
1794	B-	5742	C-	8399	B+
1995	A-	5782	B+	8431	A-

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