Music Theory III

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Pre-requisite: Completion of MUS 151. Co-requisite: MUS 253A A continuation of the study of traditional voice leading in four-part choral writing, traditional methods of writing harmonic progressions, a basic tour of historical style periods, traditional usages of the dominant seventh, diminished seventh, and half-diminished seventh chords, basic modulation techniques, study of the function of non-dominant seventh chords, study of secondary dominant and leading tone chords, and review of basic forms. Appropriate for any member of the AVC community that desires a strong foundation in common practice music theory. (C-ID: MUS 140) (UC, CSU, AVC)