HONOR 3410 - Music Theory

The music theory courses currently available at the University of Utah are tailored for and only available to music majors. They include rigorous exercises necessary for professionals, buy often archaic traditional methods of classical composition such as species counterpoint, four part choral part-writing, dictation and sight singing skills. Music Theory for non-majors will cover the same language and concepts of tonal harmony but with a modern perspective, and tailored for the amateur musician. The course begins with fundamentals; keys, scales, intervals, and chords, then the function of each chord quality in tonal progressions. Those chords are then examined in common phrase models, Covered next are melodic devices and structure followed by formal design. Finally, the introduction of chromaticism, extended chromaticism, and post- tonal experimentalism. Music examples will include classics such as Bach, Chopin and Beethoven, but also Led Zeppelin, Chick Corea, Willie Nelson, and Linkin Park.