WEEK | TOPICS |
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1st Week | Explaining the content and requirements of the course. Non-functional uses of the dominant function. Practice of the subject on a given coded bass, plain bass or soprano. Analysis of selected samples from the literature. |
2nd Week | Use of 9th, 11th and 13th chords. Making applications under different textural understandings. Analysis of selected samples from the literature. |
3rd Week | Common vowel missing quintet chords. Color changes created by different chord connections. The use of tonal harmony in the late romantic period. Practice of the subject on a given coded bass, plain bass or soprano. Analysis of selected samples from the literature. |
4th Week | The relation of harmonic structure with counterpoint. Teaching extended tonality concepts. Making applications under different textural understandings. |
5th Week | Introduction to twentieth century music: Impressionism and applied harmonic approaches. Analysis of selected samples from the literature. |
6th Week | MIDTERM |
7th Week | Diatonic church modes, pentatonic scales, synthetic scales. Making applications under different textural understandings. Analysis of selected samples from the literature. |
8th Week | Harmony consisting of extended 3-voice chords, polyharmonic, quartal and secundal harmony. Making applications under different textural understandings. Analysis of selected samples from the literature. |
9th Week | Parallelism and planning concepts. Pandiatonism. Block chord uses. Making applications under different textural understandings. Analysis of selected samples from the literature. |
10th Week | Atonal theory. Making applications under different textural understandings. Analysis of selected samples from the literature. |
11th Week | MIDTERM |
12th Week | 12-tone serialism. Tonal serialism. Making applications under different textural understandings. Analysis of selected samples from the literature. Explaining the subject of the final homework: 1- Applying 3 of the weekly assignments done during the term to 3 different textures. 2- Analyzing 1 piece chosen by the student from the pieces suggested by the lecturer, selected from the literature. |
13th Week | Aleotric or luck music. Extended instrumental uses. Analysis of selected samples from the literature. Consultation on final assignments. |
14th Week | Extended instrumental uses. Analysis of selected samples from the literature. An overview. Consultation on final assignments. |