MUS 254 - Music Theory IV

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    Credits
    3
    Prerequisite
    MUS-253 (with a grade of C or better).
    Transfers To
    CSU
    Description
    This course builds upon the material learned in MUS 253. It introduces post-Romantic and 20th century techniques through composition and analysis. Topics include borrowed chords and modal mixture; chromatic mediants; Neapolitan and augmented sixth chords; 9th, 11th, and 13th, chords; altered chords and dominants; Impressionism; tone rows; set theory; pandiatonicism and polytonalism; and advanced approaches to meter and rhythm.