MUS 8A - Music Theory and Musicianship 1

    Recent Professors
    CECELIA BROWNE ROSEFIELD
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Fall 2025, Fall 2024
    Class Size
    40–45 students
    Credits
    4
    Prerequisite
    Recommended Course Preparation: MUS 6
    Fall 2026 Sections
    View Fall 2026 sections of MUS 8A
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3A · IGETC Area 3A · CSU GE Area C1
    Description
    Elements of diatonic harmony through part writing and ear training exercises as typified by musical practice from 1600 to the present. Includes keys, modes, scales, tonality, intervals, solfeggio, consonance/dissonance, rhythmic organization, chord structures, chord and interval recognition, melodic and rhythmic dictation, voice leading principles, non-chord tones, four-part voice leading with selected primary and secondary chords, and figured bass realization.
    Usually Held
    Mon 11:00am–12:20pm, Mon Wed 10:00am–10:50am, Mon Wed 11:00am–11:50am, Mon Wed 9:30am–10:45am