Music Theory III

Catalog description

This course incorporates the concepts from Music Theory II. Through guided composition and analysis, the course will include more advanced chromatic chord functions and voice-leading. Continues study of chromatic harmony, secondary/applied chords, and modulation. The course includes more advanced topics such as borrowed chords (modal mixture), Neapolitan and augmented-sixth chords, chromatic mediants, harmonies beyond seventh chords (such as the 9th, 11th, and 13th), altered chords, and larger-scale formal structures.