MUSIC 250 - Music Theory 3

Credits: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3
Description: This is the third course in the Music Theory sequence. Students will be introduced to borrowed chords, augmented and Neapolitan sixth chords, diminished seventh chords, chromatic mediants and modulation to foreign keys. Students will also analyze 18th- and 19th-century compositions.

Prerequisites: MUSIC 154
Corequisites: None.
Recommended: None.

Course Category: Liberal Arts | Humanities
This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

This Course is Typically Offered: As Needed
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Course Competencies

Identify borrowed chords.
Identify augmented and Neapolitan sixth chords.
Identify chromatic mediants.
Identify modulations to foreign keys.
Incorporate borrowed chords in harmonizations.
Incorporate augmented and Neapolitan sixth chords in harmonizations.
Incorporate borrowed chords in harmonizations.
Incorporate modulations to closely-related and foreign keys in harmonizations.