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Program Requirements
Students in the B.A. Freshman program who are considering a Music concentration should see the Freshman adviser in Arts OASIS in Dawson Hall. They should also see a Music adviser in order to ensure that they include any necessary prerequisite Music courses (based on the results of placement examinations) in their first-year selection. Questions regarding the requirements of the B.A. Minor Concentration and especially elective courses should be addressed to Arts OASIS.
Prerequisite Courses
Students who have not successfully completed the diagnostic placement exams for the required courses for this program will be asked to register for one or both of the courses below. These courses may not be counted toward the 18 credits of the program requirements.
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MUTH 110 Melody and Counterpoint (3 credits)
Overview
Music Theory and Analysis : Introduction to principles of melodic and contrapuntal structure through the traditional species of counterpoint: first through fifth species in two parts; first species in three parts. Analysis and compositional modeling of repertoire in medieval-renaissance and 20th-century idioms. Notation, elementary acoustics, review of rudiments.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- 4 hours
- Prerequisite: Matriculation Music or McGill Conservatory Theory Secondary V or its equivalent. Corequisites: MUSP 129 and MUSP 170 or permission of coordinator or instructor.
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MUTH 111 Elementary Harmony and Analysis (3 credits)
Overview
Music Theory and Analysis : Diatonic chords, harmonic progression, the concept and practice of tonality, simple modulation, seventh chords and secondary dominants. Small forms from c.1700 to the early 19th Century will be analyzed. Written four-part exercises will be required.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- 4 hours
- Prerequisite: MUTH 110
- Corequisites: MUSP 131 and MUSP 171
Required Courses (6 credits)
Prior to registering for each required course, students must take a diagnostic placement exam. If the appropriate level is not achieved on the examination, students will be asked to register for one or both of the prerequisite courses.
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MUTH 210 Tonal Theory and Analysis 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Music Theory and Analysis : Compositional resources of early and mid-18th Century music. Thorough review of elementary harmonic procedure. Introduction to chromatic alteration and linear chords, and to analysis of imitative and invertible counterpoint. Analysis of common forms of the period c.1700 - 1770, including principal Baroque forms, but not including the Classical sonata.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Sabourin, Carmen (Fall)
- 3 hours
- Prerequisites: MUTH 110 and MUTH 111
- Corequisite: MUSP 229
- Prerequisite or corequisite: MUSP 171
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MUTH 211 Tonal Theory and Analysis 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Music Theory and Analysis : Compositional resources of late 18th- and early 19th-century music. Analysis of forms common to the period c.1770 - 1830, including Classical sonata forms in several media. Writing of short pieces for keyboard, piano and voice, and string quartet.
Terms: Winter 2011, Summer 2011
Instructors: Caplin, William Earl (Winter) Ferguson, Sean Alastair (Summer)
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: MUTH 210
- Corequisite: MUSP 231
Complementary Courses (9 credits)
Students may select from courses in the Schulich School of Music except for courses with a MUAR subject code. Students must meet all prerequisite and/or corequisite requirements before registering.
Faculty of Arts—2010-2011 (last updated Jan. 19, 2011) (disclaimer)