Music Theory IV

Catalog description

As the final course of the music theory core curriculum, this class will examine and consider various elements of music of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Topics will include modes, whole tone collections, octatonicism, integer notation, set theory, serialism, indeterminacy, and minimalism, as well as studies in timbre, notation systems, and form. We will achieve mastery through in-class practice, worksheets, analysis, and discussion.