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    University of South Carolina

    MUSC340- Music Theory I


    Fall 2020- 10:05-11:25a.m.- R232
    Dr. TeWei Huang- office R237
    Phone:7234567 Email:[email protected]
    Office hours: M,W 10-12a.m.

    Course description: Concepts of basic fundamentals and theories


    Learning outcomes: student will be able to:
    1. Recognize basic concepts of scales, chords, tonality etc.
    2. Analyze harmonic functions and progression of scores
    Course Requirements:
    1. Stefan Kostka ; Dorothy Payne. Tonal harmony: with an introduction to twentieth-
    century music. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2009.
    2. Weekly readings from blackboard
    3. Assignments: the course requires weekly assignments, three in-class exams and a
    take-home exam.
    4. Final project: students will be paired up by the instructor and analyze a designated
    score together. Each team will have a 5 mins in-class presentation at the end of the semester.
    Printed handouts and PowerPoint are both required. Students have to submitted the final
    version of their final project no later than December 12th.

    90-100% = A 85-89% = B+ 80-84% = B 76-79% = C+


    70-74% = C 65-69% = D+ 60-64% = D 0-59% = F

    Grade distribution:
    15% attendance and participation
    20% weekly assignments
    30% in-class exams
    15% take-home exam
    20% final project

    Date Topic Assignments


    1 Th 8/20 Harmony fundamentals P.1-2,15
    Download clef chart
    from blackboard
    2 T 8/25 Major and minor scale P.4-14
    Download key signature
    chart from blackboard

    Finish workbook
    4 Th 8/27 Intervals P.16-21
    5 T 9/01 Simple meters P.24-28
    6 Th 9/03 Compound meters P.29-37
    7 T 9/08 Triads P.38-53
    8 Th 9/10 Diatonic Major scale P.54-55, 61
    9 T 9/15 Diatonic Minor scale P.57-60,62
    Finish workbook
    10 Th 9/17 Principle of Voice leading I P.66-80
    11 T 9/22 Principle of Voice leading II Continues
    12 Th 9/24 Exam I
    13 T 9/29 I and V chord P.95-98
    14 Th 10/01 II, III, IV, VI, VII Chord P.99-103
    Finish workbook
    15 T 10/06 Triads in first Inversion P.114-131
    16 Th 10/08 Triads in second inversion P.131-141
    Finish workbook
    17 T 10/13 Exam II
    Th 10/15- Fall Break - No Classes
    10/16
    18 T 10/20 V7 Chord P.218-229
    19 Th 10/22 The inverted V7 Chord P.230-235
    20 T 10/27 VII7 Chord P.240-244
    21 Th 10/29 Diatonic 7th chords P.237-240,247-248
    Finish workbook
    T 11/03 General Election Day - No Classes

    23 Th 11/05 Nonchord tones I P.205-216


    24 T 11/10 Nonchord tones II Continues
    Finish workbook
    25 Th 11/12 In-class analysis Download scores from
    Blackboard
    26 T 11/17 PAC and IAC cadence P.145-170
    27 Th 11/19 HC and DC cadence Continues
    Finish workbook
    28 T 11/24 In-class presentation
    Th 11/26- Thanksgiving Recess - No Classes
    11/29
    29 T 12/01 In-class presentation
    30 Th 12/03 Final Exam

    University of South Carolina


    MUSC360- Music Theory II
    Spring 2021- 10:05-11:25a.m.- R232
    Dr. TeWei Huang- office R237
    Phone:7234567 Email:[email protected]
    Office hours: M,W 10-12a.m.

    Course description: Concepts of advanced harmonic functions


    Learning outcomes: student will be able to:
    3. Recognize advanced harmonic functions
    4. Analyze harmonic functions and progression of scores
    Course Requirements:
    1. Stefan Kostka ; Dorothy Payne. Tonal harmony: with an introduction to twentieth-
    century music. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2009.
    2. Weekly readings from blackboard
    3. Assignments: the course requires weekly assignments, three in-class exams, and a
    take-home exam.
    4. Final project: students will be paired up by the instructor and analyze a chosen score
    together. Each team will have a 5 mins in-class presentation at the end of the semester.
    Printed handouts and PowerPoint are both required. Students have to submitted the final
    version of their final project no later than May 12th.

    90-100% = A 85-89% = B+ 80-84% = B 76-79% = C+


    70-74% = C 65-69% = D+ 60-64% = D 0-59% = F
    Grade distribution:
    15% attendance and participation
    20% weekly assignments
    30% in-class exams
    15% take-home exam
    20% final project

    Date Topics Assignments


    1 T 1/14 Secondary function I- dominant chord P.255-272
    Finish workbook
    2 TH 1/16 Secondary function I continues P.273-297
    Secondary function II- Leading tone chord
    3 T 1/21 Secondary function II continues Finish workbook
    4 TH 1/23 Tonicization and Common chord modulation P.298-312

    5 T 1/28 Tonicization and Common chord modulation Finish workbook


    continues
    6 TH 1/30 Sequential modulation and common tone P.313-321
    modulation
    7 T 2/4 Direct modulation and monophonic P.322-328
    modulation Finish workbook
    8 TH 2/6 Exam I
    9 T 2/11 Borrowed Chord in Minor P.357-360
    10 TH 2/13 Borrowed Chord in Major P.361-363
    Finish workbook
    11 T 2/18 Neapolitan Chord P.364-369
    12 TH 2/20 Modulations involving Neapolitan chord and P.370-381
    Mode mixtures
    13 T 2/25 Augmented Sixth Chord I P.382-386
    14 TH 2/27 Augmented Sixth Chord II P.386-401
    Finish workbook
    15 T 3/3 In-class Analysis Download scores
    from blackboard
    TH 3/5 Exam II
    Spring break
    16 T Further elements of Harmony-substituted 6th ,
    3/17 raised 5th , added 9th,11th,13th... P.419-425

    17 TH Continues P.425-440
    3/19
    18 T Score analysis- Download scores
    3/24 Schumann and Brahms from blackboard

    19 TH 3/26 Enharmonic spelling I P.402-407


    20 T 3/31 Enharmonic spelling II P.407-417
    Finish workbook
    21 TH 4/2 Harmonic Sequence P.453-462
    22 T 4/7 Tonal Harmony of late 19th century P.441-448
    23 TH 4/9 Tonal Harmony of late 19th century P.449-461
    continues Finish workbook
    24 T 4/14 Score analysis- Download scores
    Debussy and Ravel from blackboard

    25 TH 4/16 In-class presentation I


    26 T 4/21 In-class presentation II
    27 TH 4/23 Final Exam
    University of South Carolina
    MUSC540- Post-tonal theory
    Fall 2021- 10:05-11:25a.m.- R232
    Dr. TeWei Huang- office R237
    Phone:7234567 Email:[email protected]
    Office hours: M,W 10-12a.m.

    Course description: Post-tonal theories


    Learning outcomes: student will be able to:
    1.Recognize basic concepts chromaticism, twelve tone series, set theory, and 20th century
    harmony etc.
    2.Analyze harmonic functions of scores from 20th and 21th century
    Course Requirements:
    1. Stefan Kostka; Dorothy Payne. Tonal harmony: with an introduction to twentieth-
    century music. Boston: Pearson, c2012.
    2. Weekly readings from blackboard
    3. Assignments: the course requires weekly assignments, three in-class exams, and a
    take-home exam.
    4. Final project: students will be paired up by the instructor and analyze a designated
    score together. Each team will have a 5 mins in-class presentation at the end of the semester.
    Printed handouts and PowerPoint are both required. Students have to submitted the final
    version of their final project no later than December 12th.

    90-100% = A 85-89% = B+ 80-84% = B 76-79% = C+


    70-74% = C 65-69% = D+ 60-64% = D 0-59% = F

    Grade distribution:
    15% attendance and participation
    20% weekly assignments
    30% in-class exams
    15% take-home exam
    20% final project
    Date Topic Assigements
    1 Th 8/20 Introduction post-tonal harmony P.1-10
    2 T 8/25 Modes and scales P.18-24
    4 Th 8/27 Octatonic scale P.25-29
    5 T 9/01 More modes and scales P.29-32
    Download scores from
    bb
    6 Th 9/03 Debussy and impressionism Score, articles, and video
    on blackboard

    7 T 9/08 Dissonances and treatments P.75-81


    8 Th 9/10 Polytonality and polychord
    9 T 9/15 Bartok- string quartet no.4 Score, articles, and video
    on blackboard
    10 Th 9/17 Stravinsky- rite of spring Score, articles, and video
    on blackboard

    11 T 9/22 Exam I
    12 Th 9/24 Introduction to pitch class set P.166-168
    13 T 9/29 Pitch class set I P.170-176
    14 Th 10/01 Pitch class set II P.176-180
    15 T 10/06 Combinatory sets Read article on
    blackboard
    16 Th 10/08 Subsets and aggregates P.181-185
    17 T 10/13 Exam II
    Th 10/15- Fall Break - No Classes
    10/16
    18 T 10/20 Second Vienna School P.191-207
    19 Th 10/22 Twelve tone rows and matrix Continues
    20 T 10/27 Twelve tone music- Schoenberg Score, articles, and video
    on blackboard

    21 Th 10/29 Twelve tone music- Berg Score, articles, and video


    on blackboard

    T 11/03 General Election Day - No Classes

    23 Th 11/05 Twelve tone music- Webern Score, articles, and video


    on blackboard

    24 T 11/10 Total serialism P58, 95-97


    25 Th 11/12 (1) Messiean- mode de valeurs et Download scores and
    d'intensités listen to the samples
    (2) Pierre Boulez- Structure 1a from blackboard.

    26 T 11/17 Pantonality Score, articles, and


    video on blackboard

    27 Th 11/19 Microtonality Score, articles, and


    video on blackboard

    28 T 11/24 In-class presentation


    Th 11/26- Thanksgiving Recess - No Classes
    11/29
    29 T 12/01 In-class presentation
    30 Th 12/03 Final Exam

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