MUSIC THEORY III: Music 161C and 162C

MUSIC THEORY III: Music 161C and 162C

Spring 2000

Irene Girton, Ph.D.

MW 10:50-12:30; T 9:50-11:30, room 151

Office hours: Music 215, M T W

Contact information:

igirton@calstatela.edu

323.343 4080 (my office)

323.343 4060 (Music Department office)

323.343 4063 (fax)

Check my web site for updates and class information: http://www.listeningarts.com/csula/theory1-6

Required texts:

1) Gauldin, Robert. Harmonic Practice in Tonal Music. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., Inc., 1997. Chapters 1-16. Approximate cost: $57.00 (new).

2) Gauldin, Robert. Workbook for Harmonic Practice in Tonal Music. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., Inc., 1997. Chapters 1-16. Approximate cost: $30.00.

3) Berkowitz, Sol, et al. A New Approach to Sight Singing, 4th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1997. Approximate cost: $50.00 (new).

Textbooks may be purchased either at the Campus Bookstore or through www.amazon.com, or any other online bookseller.

Each student is expected to check email several times a week.

Material covered: 161C: Pre-dominant harmony (IV, ii, ii₆₎, cadential 6/4; strict 2-voice counterpoint (3^rd and 5^th species). 162C: sight singing and dictation related to Theory material.

Concert attendance: You will attend and type reports (at least one page in length, 1.5-spaced, 1-inch margins on all four sides) on four concerts this term, each worth 2% of your final grade. Three of the four concerts must be largely devoted to "classical" or art music; one concert may be jazz, musical theater, folk or world music. Make sure you comment on aspects of the music that relate to material discussed in class. You must include a program with your report (unless no program is provided, of course). The first two concert reports are due by Wednesday, May 3 (week 6). NOTE: only 1 concert report will be accepted at the final exam! Make sure to begin going to concerts right away, and type up your reports as soon as possible.

There is a free concert every Sunday evening at 6pm at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on Wilshire Blvd. between Fairfax and La Brea, as well as many other free or inexpensive concerts throughout the city. Excellent sources for concert information include the Sunday Los Angeles Times Calendar section, and the LA Reader and LA Weekly free newspapers.

Musicianship: Tuesday is musicianship day; be sure to bring your Berkowitz sight singing book and manuscript paper every Tuesday. You are required to use the Interactive Media Lab for a minimum of one hour each week. Attendance will be taken, and each hour will count for 0.5% of your final grade, up to a total of 5%. You must provide your own headphones and headphone adapter (miniplug-to-standard 1/4-inch stereo headphone jack, available at Radio Shack (cat. no. 274-367 D) and similar stores for approx. $3.00).

Musicianship will include interval recognition, sight-singing in treble, bass, alto and tenor clefs, moveable do and scale degree solfège of diatonic and chromatic melodies, melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic dictation.

Each music major is required either to enroll in the appropriate section of Class Piano, or to pass the Piano Proficiency Exam.

Grading Policy: Homework is graded on a scale from 0 to 10. Note: an unsatisfactory assignment (grade lower than 8.0) may be redone once.

Be sure you have read and understood the University policy concerning plagiarism and cheating (General Catalog 1999-2001, pp 97-98). Cheating of any kind will not be tolerated.

At the end of each class period, you should summarize for yourself the main point(s) of the lectures and discussions, as well as any unanswered question(s) you still have.

Music 161C (3 units):

Written homework:	60%
Quizzes:	17%
Final exam:	15%
Concert reports:	8%
Total:	100%

Music 162C (1 unit):

Dictation:	57.5%
Sight singing:	37.5%
Lab attendance:	5.0%
Total:	100%

class meeting	material covered
Week 1, Mar 27-29	Review harmonic function and VL. Begin pre-dominant harmony (chapter 15).
Week 2, Apr 3-5	Pre-dominant and 6/4 techniques (chapter 16).
Week 3, Apr 10-12	More of the same, and 3^rd species counterpoint. Quiz 1.
Week 4, Apr 17-19	More of the same, and pre-dominant 7^th chords (chapter 17).
Week 5, Apr 24-26	Consolidation of material discussed to date.
Week 6, May 1-3	Other diatonic chords (chapter 18) and 5^th species counterpoint (appendix 3, pp 643-644). Quiz 2.
Week 7, May 8-10	More of the same, sequence (chapter 20) and analysis.
Week 8, May 15-17	Modulation and tonicization I (chapter 19), and LT 7^th chords (chapter 21).
Week 9, May 22-24	More of the same, and Excursion I, Simple Forms. Quiz 3.
Week 10, May 31 No class on Monday!	Consolidation and review for final exam.

Final exam: Monday, June 5, 10:45 am - 1:15 p.m.

ASSIGNMENTS: 161B and 162B:

Due	Concert reports
May 3, W	Week 6, first two concert reports by this date.
May 31, W	Week 10, 3rd concert report by this date.
June 5, M	Final exam, last concert report by this date.

Due	Homework -- reading and writing
Weeks 1-2:	Reading: review chapters 9-14 and read chapters 15-16 (Pre-dominant chords, 6/4 chords). Discuss 14:3, 14:4AC, and 14:6 in class Wkbk: 15: 1 and 2, 3BC, 4AB, 5BD.
Week 3	Wkbk: ch 16:1, 2ACD, 4C, 5AB (note typo in 5B: ...the last beats of ...).
Weeks 3-4	Reading: Chapter 17 (pre-dominant 7^th chords), 3^rd species material (pp 640-641; http://humanities.uchicago.edu/classes/zbikowski/species.html. Wkbk: ch17:1, 2BC, 3BC, 5 (choose 3, excluding A). Third species counterpoint: lines above and below CFs a and d.
Week 5-6:	Reading: Chapter 18 (Other diatonic chords). Wkbk: ch18:1, 2BCE (E’s harmonic rhythm is the 8^th note. The soprano uses many non-harmonic tones). Ch18:4 (compose a parallel period. Review parallel periods first (chapter 12)). Ch18:5AD, 7. Third species counterpoint: lines above and below CFs e and g.
Weeks 7-8	Reading: Chapter 19 (Tonicization and modulation) and 5^th species material (pp 643-644, http://humanities.uchicago.edu/classes/zbikowski/species.html. Wkbk: ch19:1, 2BD, 3B, 4. 19:5 will be discussed in class. Fifth species counterpoint: lines above and below CFs b and c.
Weeks 9-10:	Reading: Excursion 1 and Chapter 21 (the leading-tone 7^th chord) Wkbk: Excursion 1 to be discussed (nothing to turn in). Wkbk: ch21:1, 2ACE, 3A, 4AC. Fifth species counterpoint: lines above and below CFs f and h.

Due	Homework – sight singing
Week 1, Mar 28	Melodies 106-108, S&P 31 (sequence with variations).
Week2, Apr 4	M 110-111, 5th T&V, all (pp239-240).
Week3, Apr 11	Melodies from the Literature (ML) 1-5.
Week4, Apr 18	M 115-118, S&P 32, all.
Week5, Apr 25	Solfège a familiar melody from memory. The melody must be at least 16 measures long. ML 6-10.
Week6, May 2	M 121-124, S&P 33-34.
Week7, May 9	S&P 36-38. 6th T&V, all.
Week8, May 16	M 130-133 (modes).
Week9, May 23	Solfège another familiar melody from memory. The melody must be at least 16 measures long. 7th T&V (note use of natural 7 in minor, instead of LT).
Week10, May 30	M 136-141 (modes).

Goals for sight singing:

1. Analysis of every tune for key, rhythm and meter, melodic and rhythmic patterns, phrase structure, sequences, repetitions.

2. Musically satisfying performances: accurate and consistent rhythm, tempo, articulation, dynamics.

3. Proficiency with movable do and scale degree sight singing methods; familiarity with fixed do.

Goals for dictation:

1. Analysis of every tune for patterns, phrase structure, sequences, repetitions.

2. Increased application of long-range hearing -- downbeats, cadential goals, registrally-connected but temporally separated lines (compound or polyphonic melody).

3. Enhanced rhythmic and metric accuracy.