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MUSC 161 Musicianship I (4)

Review of the rudiments of music, including clefs, notations, meters and their signatures, key signatures, scales, intervals, triads, and seventh chords. Two-voice composition; triads and seventh chords; the basic phrase model; chorale harmonization and figured bass; leading-tone, predominant, and 6/4 chords; tonic expansions, root progressions, and the mediant triad; the interaction of melody and harmony; and cadences. Laboratory.

  • General Education Requirement Fulfillment: Arts & Humanities
  • Prerequisite: by placement or MUSC 160
  • Corequisite: MUSC 161Y Musicianship I Lab (1)
  • Offering: Fall semester
  • Instructor: Miley

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