71.201 Music Theory 3
Course Information and Standards

Class meeting time/place TR 9:30AM, DR309
Instructor Stuart Smith
Office Durgin 422
Office Hours By appointment
Telephone (978) 934-3616
E-mail stu@cs.uml.edu

Required Texts

Turek, Ralph. The Elements of Music, vols. 1 and 2 (2nd ed.)
__________.Workbooks to vols. 1 and 2
__________.CD to accompany text and workbook (included in package)
(all available at the South Campus Bookstore)

Supplies

Music manuscript paper, no.2 lead pencils and erasers, a notebook, and a binder/folder for returned assignments are required.

Course Description

This course covers secondary dominants, modulation, rounded binary and ternary forms, Neapolitan and augmented sixth chords, modal borrowing, chromatic-third relations, chromatic and enharmonic modulation. Study includes listening and score analysis assignments of music by composers such as Bach, Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, and short composition projects. Music majors only. 3 credit hours. Prerequisite: 71.102

Course Outcome

On successfully completing this course you will have the tools necessary to examine standard repertoire of the 18th century and understand the basic structures and harmonic language of this style and the compositional processes involved.

Attendance

Acquisition of knowledge and skills for this course requires much in-class drill work, involving "spelling", notation, and aural and visual analysis of musical examples. Attendance is therefore very important. There are no "excused" absences. Please arrive on time and be prepared for class.

Online Requirement

Every student at this university is given a free e-mail account, with the format firstname_lastname@student.uml.edu The University requires that you maintain this account as an active e-mail account, meaning that you set it up immediately and check it frequently. I will use this address to send you important notices, messages, grades, and sometimes assignments. For complete information on setting up your account, go to http://intranet.uml.edu/it/email/general.htm and follow the instructions.

Assignments

Unless specifically indicated otherwise, all written assignments will be due at the beginning of the following class period. Incomplete or late assignments are not acceptable: they automatically earn a grade of zero, with no exceptions. All assignments will be posted online at www.cs.uml.edu/~stu/mu201.html. Thus, whether you are in class or not, you can always find out what the assignment is. It is your responsibility to see that assignments are turned in on time.

All written work is to be done neatly in a #2 lead pencil; ink is not acceptable. Assignments from the text are to be done on manuscript paper, or done in the book and then photocopied. Assignments from the Workbook may be neatly ripped out of the book and turned in. If you must do an assignment on manuscript paper, you must set it up exactly the way it appears in the Workbook.

You are expected to read each assigned chapter in your text before we begin that chapter in class. It will help you immensely if you come to class with some understanding of each new topic to be discussed, and will make the classroom discussion much more meaningful. You may also be quizzed briefly on an assigned chapter before we actually discuss that chapter in class.

Do not discard returned assignments. You will need them for in-class review before exams and for your own out-of-class study and review.

Exams

Exams are to be taken at the times scheduled. If you must miss an exam for a valid reason, you must notify me before the time of the exam by phoning me at my office. You must then make arrangements with me to make up the exam promptly. There will be two or three scheduled exams, some quizzes (announced and unannounced), and a final exam. There are no makeups for quizzes.

Academic Honesty

Unless specifically stated otherwise by the instructor, all written work in this course is to be each student's own. Students should therefore be familiar with the University's rules on academic dishonesty. Cheating on any test, quiz, or graded project will result in a grade of zero. Repeat offenders will be suspended from class and given a failing grade in the course.

Grading

Grade Weights

Homework and quizzes 30%
In-class exams (20% each) 40%
Final exam 30%
TOTAL 100%

Grading Scale

A 95-100%
A-92-94%
B+89-91%
B85-88%
B-82-84%
C+79-81%
C75-78%
C-72-74%
D+69-71%
D65-68%
F0-64%

Course Calendar

(Please note that as the semester progresses, some changes in this schedule will probably be necessary.)

Week 1
Sept. 6-9 		Review
Ch. 15: Secondary Dominants
Week 2
Sept. 12-16 		Ch. 15: cont.
Week 3
Sept. 19-23 		Ch. 16: MODULATION TO CLOSELY RELATED KEYS
Week 4
Sept. 26-30 		Ch. 16: cont.
Week 5
Oct. 3-7 		EXAM 1 Ch. 17: FORM AND DRAMATIC SHAPE IN MUSIC
Week 6
Oct. 10-14 		No class Monday (Columbus Day) ); Wednesday is a Monday class schedule
Ch. 18: THE BINARY PRINCIPLE
Week 7
Oct. 17-21 		Ch. 18 cont.
Ch. 19: ROUNDED BINARY AND TERNARY FORMS
Week 8
Oct. 24-28 		Ch. 19 cont.
EXAM 2
Week 9
Oct. 31-Nov. 4 		VOL. 2: Ch. 1: CONTRAPUNTAL TECHNIQUES AND FORMS
Week 10
Nov. 7-11 		No class Friday, Nov. 11 (Veteran's Day): Tuesday is a Friday class schedule
Ch. 2: EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY CLASSICAL STYLE
Week 11
Nov. 14-18 		POSSIBLE EXAM
Ch. 4: THE NEAPOLITAN SIXTH AND AUGMENTED SIXTH CHORDS
Week 12
Nov. 21-25 		Ch. 4 cont.
No class Friday, Thanksgiving Holiday
Week 13
Nov. 28-Dec. 2 		Ch. 5: MODE MIXTURE AND CHROMATIC-THIRD RELATIONSHIPS
Week 14
Dec. 5-9 		Ch. 5 cont.
Week 15
Dec. 12-14 		Ch. 6: MODULATION (REMOTE)
Review

FINAL EXAM PERIOD: Friday, Dec. 16-Thursday, Dec. 22. Final Exam dates are scheduled by the University Registrar. Please do not make plans to leave town for the holiday before the exam schedule comes out.

Last updated 23 September 2005

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