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On completion of this module students should be able to:
- demonstrate a knowledge of advanced harmonic language.
- critically engage with music syntax, form, and genre by focusing on further in-depth analysis of periods and sentences as well as more complex hybrid and compound types.
analyse and engage critically with a broader range of forms such as ternary and sonata forms.
- define and discuss the technical, theoretical and formal aspects of music of the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth century by bringing together the harmonic and formal concepts introduced through Music Theory 1, Music Theory 2 and Music Theory 3.
Parts 3, 4 and 5 of Burstein & Straus, Concise Introduction to Tonal Harmony (New York & London: W.W. Norton, 2020).
Parts 5 and 6 of Aldwell, Schachter & Cadwallader, Harmony and Voice Leading (Boston, MA: Cengage Learning, 2019).
Parts 2, 3, and 4 of Caplin, Classical Form: A theory of formal functions for the instrumental music of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1998).
Dissonance and chromaticism
Diatonic and chromatic modulation
Modal mixture
Chromatic pre-dominant harmony
Analysis and composition of musical form
Advanced aural skills
Harmonic progressions, melodic harmonisation, and cadential formulae at the keyboard
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 24 |
Tutorial | 12 |
Practical | 6 |
Specified Learning Activities | 24 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 34 |
Total | 100 |
Students attempting this module must have completed MUS10190 Music Theory 1 and MUS20650 Music Theory 2, or equivalent.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Not yet recorded.
Name | Role |
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Ms Maddie Kavanagh Clarke | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |