MUSIC THEORY IV
– MUS 217 (SPRING 2002)
Professor: Stephen Peles Office: 251 Moody Music Building
Office phone: 348-1472 Office
Hours: MWF 2:00-3:00 and
Assistants: Eric Lenz, Rick Snow by appointment
Prerequisites: MUS115,
MUS117, & MUS215, with a grade no lower than C in each
Materials: Same as last
semester (bring with you to all classes)
Textbooks: Harmony
and Voice Leading, Edward Aldwell & Carl Schachter (hereafter
“A&S”)
Other: music
paper, note paper, pencils.
Grading
This course consists
of two components: theory (MWF) and
musicianship (TTh). You will receive a
grade for each. Three-fifths of your final
grade for the course will be determined by the theory grade and two-fifths by the
musicianship grade. The theory
component grade will be calculated as follows (for the musicianship grade
please see the musicianship syllabus).
Homework assignments
and quizzes: 50%
Midterm exam: 20%
Final exam: 30%
In accordance with University of Alabama grading
policy, final letter grades are assigned according to the following scale.
A+ = 97-100 A = 93-96 A- = 90-92
B+ = 87-89 B = 83-86 B- = 80-82
C+ = 77-79 C = 73-76 C- = 70-72
D+ = 67-69 D = 63-66 D- = 60-62
F = 0-59
Course material is
presented in three forms: textbook
readings, handouts, and lectures. You
are responsible for all material, regardless of the medium of presentation. It is of utmost importance that you bring
note paper and music paper to class and take notes. In the event that you are absent for a lecture, be sure to get
the notes for that class from a classmate.
Homework assignments,
reading assignments included, are listed on the schedule to follow on the day
they are DUE.
Copyright © 2002 Stephen Peles as to this syllabus and all lectures. Students are prohibited from selling (or being paid for taking) notes during this lecture to or by any person or commercial firm without the express written permission of the professor teaching this course.
Disability
Accommodations
To request disability
accommodations, please contact Disabilities Services (348-4285). After initial arrangements are made with
that office, contact your professor.
Attendance Policy:
Students will be allowed 10 absences for theory and musicianship combined. There is no distinction between excused and
unexcused absences, so you do not need to show me notes, doctor’s excuses, and
so forth.
One percentage point
shall be deducted from the final course grade for each unexcused absence in
excess of five.
No make-up quizzes are
given. Homework grades with be reduced
by 5 percentage points for each day the homework is late. In no case will late homework be accepted
after the assignment in question has been corrected and returned to the class;
a grade of zero will be recorded for any assignments not turned in by that
time. Any student who misses more than
20% of the total number of classes (theory and musicianship combined) is
advised to withdraw from the course.
Failure to do so will result in a grade of F.
Schedule*
Jan. 9 Review of 215
Final Exam
Jan. 11 " A&S
Chap. 30, secs. 1-6
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Other Chromatic Chords
Jan. 14 Advanced Uses of Mixture
Jan. 16 "
Jan. 18 " HW
2
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Jan. 21 Martin
Luther King Day —No Class
Jan. 23 Augmented Triads and Altered Dominant
7th Chords A&S Chap. 30, secs. 7-11
Jan. 25
" HW
2
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Jan. 28 Common-Tone Diminished 7th Chords A&S Chap. 30, secs. 12-18
Jan. 30 "; QUIZ
Feb. 1 " HW
3
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Chromatic Voice-Leading
Techniques
Feb. 4 Chromaticism Based on Parallel
Motion A&S
Chap. 31, secs. 1-9
Feb. 6 "
Feb. 8 " HW
4
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Feb. 11 Chromaticism Based on Contrary Motion A&S Chap. 31, secs. 10-13
Feb. 13 ";
QUIZ
Feb. 15 " HW
5
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Feb. 18 Equal Subdivisions of the Octave A&S Chap. 31, secs. 14-18
Feb. 20 "
Feb. 22 " HW
6
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Feb. 25 Further on Linearly Derived
Chromatic Chords
Feb. 27 "; QUIZ
Mar. 1 " HW
7
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Mar. 4 "
Mar. 6 "
Mar. 8 " HW
8
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Mar. 11
"
Mar. 13 MIDTERM EXAM
Mar. 15 Review
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Chromaticism in Larger
Contexts
Mar. 18 A&S
Chap. 32, secs. 1-6
Mar. 20 "
Mar. 22 " HW 9
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Mar. 25 Spring Break
Mar. 27 "
Mar. 29 "
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Apr. 1 Class resumes
Apr. 3 "
; QUIZ
Apr. 5 " HW
10
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Apr. 8 " A&S
Chap. 32, secs. 7-16
Apr. 10 "
Apr. 12 No Class – Honors Day HW
11
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Apr. 15 "
Apr. 17 ";
QUIZ HW 12
Apr. 19
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Apr. 22 "
Apr. 24 "
Apr. 26 " HW
13
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Apr. 29 "
May 1 "
May 3 " HW
13
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