From Advancing Music Theory
This page includes possible scheduling arrangements for the various lessons in this curriculum
Four-Semester Schedules
University of Dayton (Dayton, OH)
Theory I
| Week
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Topic(s)
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| 1
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Acoustics: Sound Creation & Propagation, The Ear: Sound Reception
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| 2
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Recording Methods, Frequency & Pitch, Pitch Notation
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| 3
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Loudness & Dynamics, Timbre & Articulation
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| 4
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Instrument Families, Melody & Texture
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| 5
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Duration, Rhythm, & Meter, Rhythm Notation
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| 6
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Meter Notation, Tonality: Scales & Chords
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| 7
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Major Scales & Key Signatures, Minor Keys & Scales
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| 8
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Midterm Review & Exam
|
| 9
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Intervals, Tuning Systems & Interval Ratios
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| 10
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Modes, Solfège Systems
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| 11
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Triads & Inversions, Seventh Chords
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| 12
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Extended Harmonies & Popular Chords, Roman Numeral Analysis
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| 13
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Introduction to Melodic Harmonization
|
| 14
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Review & Thanksgiving Break
|
| 15
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Final Review & Exam
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Theory II
| Week
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Topic(s)
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| 1
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Meters & Beats, Poetic Meter & Text-Setting
|
| 2
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Major Diatonic Harmony, Melodic Writing & Harmony
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| 3
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Rhythm & Melody, Motivic Development
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| 4
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Harmonic Cadences, Harmonic Rhythm
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| 5
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Non-Harmonic Tones, Phrase Forms
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| 6
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Minor & Modal Harmony, Writing for Instruments & Transposition
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| 7
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Modal Melody, Metrical Deviations & Dissonances
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| 8
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Midterm Review & Exam
|
| 9
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Spring Break
|
| 10
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Meet the Composer, Counterpoint
|
| 11
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Harmonic Progressions & Syntax, Formal Function
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| 12
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Improvisation & Performer Creativity, Modulation
|
| 13
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Tonicization, Form in Popular Music
|
| 14
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Scoring, Texture, Timbre & Form
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| 15
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Final Review & Exam
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Theory III
| Week
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Topic(s)
|
| 1
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Review of Theory I & II
|
| 2
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Chromatic Harmony, Other Scales
|
| 3
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Large Forms
|
| 4
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The Music Business, Genre
|
| 5
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Rap
|
| 6
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Film & Television Music, Stage Music
|
| 7
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Video Game Music, Multimedia
|
| 8
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Midterm Review & Exam
|
| 9
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Pantriadicism & Chromatic Mediants, Pandiatonicism & Soundmass, Extended Techniques
|
| 10
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Quartal Harmony, Emotion in Music, Impressionism
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| 11
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Polytonality, Polymeter, Eclecticism, Quotation & Sampling
|
| 12
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Atonality, Serialism, Set Theory
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| 13
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Microtonality, Colotomic Structures
|
| 14
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Minimalism, Thanksgiving Break
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| 15
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Final Review & Exam
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