MUSC 175: Contemporary Harmony II. This course covers harmonic functions currently in use in all styles of popular music. Extensive use of recorded and written examples are used to show the harmony/melody relationships. Basic harmonic analysis as a tool is presented with an introduction to secondary dominant chords, extended dominant chords, modal interchange chords, and basic minor key and blues concepts. In addition, the application of melodic minor and harmonic minor are applied to these chords. Students are required to demonstrate through written projects, the current uses of these basic contemporary harmonic concepts.
Prerequisites: MUSC 174
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standard statementCourse Details| Total number of weeks | 15 |
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| Total Hours | 30 |
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Typical hours per week breakdown| Lecture | 2 |
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Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the learner will be able to:
- identify and compose using secondary dominant chords;
- identify and compose using modal interchange chords;
- identify and compose using melodic minor and harmonic minor and their modes;
- apply blues chord progressions;
- apply guide tones to common harmony;
- apply minor harmony concepts;
- apply harmonic analysis to chord progressions;
- apply melodic analysis to melodies; and
- speak the language of musicians.
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