HMU 304A Music Theory 4

HMU 304A Music Theory IV
Call #: Instructor: Brick A

This section is offered at: Hoboken Campus

Prerequisite(s):
HMU303A




This is part three of a four semester sequence.

Course Objectives:

  • Extend ability to read and sight sing beyond treble and bass clefs to Alto and Tenor Clefs in mixed mode and simple chromatic Solfeg
  • Expand beyond note-for-note 4 part choral writing through the implementation of melodic and rhythmic figurations.
  • Develop analytical ability to re-interpret linear structures as vertical sonorities and visa-versa
  • Demonstrate clear understanding of leading tone seventh chords and advanced usages of dominant and intermediary seventh chords.  Apply such understanding to written work
  • Expand understanding of applied dominance to include other applied leading tone sonorities whose target extends beyond simple dominant harmony thereby facilitating more remote diatonic modulations.  Apply such understanding to written work.  . 
  • Refine counterpoint skills by mastering 4th and 5th species counterpoint
  • Integrate concepts of all 5 species counterpoint to written work through a comparison of melodic and rhythmic figurations in the standard literature. 
  • Analyze large-scale musical structures including an introduction to Binary and Ternary forms.  Present structural foundations for Sonata form. 

 

Textbooks: (Same for Theory I-IV)
Harmony and Voice Leading , Edward Aldwell & Carl Schachter
Workbook for Harmony and Voice Leading
Students are advised to purchase the option CD set for the above text.

Optional Text:
Rhythmical Articulation (A Complete Method) Pasquale Bona
Visual Solfeg: A Systematic Visual Practice Method for Attaining Skill in the Use of Solfeg Syllables for Sight Reading and Ear Training



Click here for lab scheule

Click here for manuscript paper

Flash Based Rhytmic Trainer -----Web Based Rhythm Generator

Flash Based Key Trainer

Flash Based Interval Trainer (Treble) (Alto) (Bass) ----- Web Based Interval Trainer

Web Based Sight Singing Generator

Syllabus
 Class Designation Text Requirement
Supporting Materials
  1

Course Overview
Primary Materials and Procedures.
General Review of Theory III
Analysis of Sonata Final Exam
Auralia - Ear Training and Aural Skills
  2

H&VL Pgs 471-490
Seventh Chords
with added dissonance
Auralia - Ear Training and Aural Skills
  3

H&VL Pgs 471-490
Seventh Chords
with added dissonance
Auralia - Ear Training and Aural Skills
  4 H&VL Pgs 490-509
Neapolitan II (Phrygian)
Leading to V
Other uses of bII
Introduction to 5th Species Counterpoint.
Auralia - Ear Training and Aural Skills
  5 H&VL Pgs 490-509
Neapolitan II (Phrygian)
Leading to V
Other uses of bII
Introduction to 5th Species Counterpoint.
Auralia - Ear Training and Aural Skills
  6 Quiz H&VL Ch. 27&28 and
Auralia - Ear Training and Aural Skills
Stevens Aural Skills Quiz 1 (Brick)

  7

H&VL Pgs 512-539
Augmented Sixth Chords
Chromatic Preparation for V
Approaching Aug. Sixth
Details of Voice Leading
5rd Species Counterpoint
Auralia - Ear Training and Aural Skills
  8 H&VL Pgs. 540-560
Other Chromatic Chords:
Advanced uses of mixture,
Augmented Triads,
Common-Tone dim 7ths,
other chromatic embellishments
Auralia - Ear Training and Aural Skills
  10 Quiz 2
Auralia - Ear Training and Aural Skills
Stevens Aural Skills Quiz 2 (Brick)
theory4_midterm.pdf
  11 H&VL Pgs 561-581
Chromatic Voice-Leading Techniques
Chromaticism based on Parallel Motion
Chromaticism based on Contrary Motion
Auralia - Ear Training and Aural Skills
  12

Modulation, Large Scale Motion, and Form
Final Exam Review.
Auralia - Ear Training and Aural Skills

 theory4_notes_06.html
  1

FINAL EXAM for Students who are not combining the Theory 4 final exam with the Composition final exam

Auralia - Ear Training and Aural Skills
Stevens Aural Skills Quiz 3 (Brick) 



FINAL EXAM for Students who are combining the Theory 4 final exam with the Composition final exam

Auralia - Ear Training and Aural Skills
Stevens Aural Skills Quiz 3 (Brick) 

Combined HMU 304/310 Final