MUS V02D - Music Theory IV

    Recent Professors
    Scott Wolf, Ashley Walters, Ollie Powers
    Recent Semesters
    Spring 2026, Spring 2025, Spring 2024
    Class Size
    25–26 students
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisite
    MUS V02C , MUS V02CL
    Spring 2026 Sections
    View Spring 2026 sections of MUS V02D
    Transfers To
    CSU
    Description
    This course incorporates the concepts from Music Theory III. In addition, through writing and analysis, the course will include post-Romantic techniques such as borrowed chords and modal mixture; chromatic mediants; Neapolitan and augmented-sixth chords; 9th, 11th, and 13th chords; altered chords; and dominants. The course will also address 20th century techniques including Impressionism, tone rows, set theory, pandiatonicism and polytonalism, meter, and rhythm.
    Usually Held
    Tue Thu 10:00am–11:15am, Mon Wed 10:00am–11:15am