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Official Course
Description: MCCCD Approval: 3-28-1995 |
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MTC255
1995 Fall – 2011 Summer II |
LEC
3.0 Credit(s) 3.0 Period(s) 3.0 Load Acad |
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Music
Theory IV |
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continuation of Music Theory III, including 20th century theories and techniques.
Prerequisites: MTC205. Corequisites: MTC256. |
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MCCCD
Official Course Competencies: |
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MTC255 1995
Fall – 2011 Summer II |
Music Theory IV |
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Describe and analyze how intervals and scales are used in
20th Century music. (I) |
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Describe and analyze how rhythm is used in 20th Century
music. (II) |
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Describe and analyze how texture and timbre are used in
20th Century music. (III) |
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Describe and analyze new forms used in 20th Century music.
(IV) |
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Identify and write twelve-tone rows. (V) |
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Describe and analyze more recent developments in 20th
Century music. (VI) |
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MCCCD
Official Course Outline: |
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MTC255 1995
Fall – 2011 Summer II |
Music Theory IV |
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I. Intervals and scales A. Intervallic chordal structures 1. Chords based on fourths
and fifths 2. Clusters 3. Polychords
4. Added note 5. Other intervallic
structures B. Diatonicism
C. Whole-tone scales D. Altered scales: Octatonic scale E. Modes II. Rhythm A. Irregular meter B. Changing meter C. Polymeter
D. Ameter
E. Serialized rhythm III. Texture and timbre A. Spacing and registration
B. Ostinato
C. Layered textures D. Klangfarbenmelodie E. Sprechstimme IV. Forms A. Arch form B. Open form V. Twelve-tone rows A. Order numbers B. Series form 1. Prime 2. Retrograde 3. Inversion 4. Retrograde inversion C. Matrix VI. Recent developments A. Aleatory
B. Prepared piano C. Minimalism D. Musique
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