Music 1143 - Music Theory 2 Winter 2007 The schedule will be updated weekly. Please check frequently for topics and assignments. Week 1: Intro and Diminished 7th Chords Jan 8 - Course Introduction and review of diminished 7ths Jan 10 - Diminished 7ths and pitch cycles - Mozart Mass in C Jan 12 - Fully Diminished 7ths in Major keys Week 2: Secondary Functions Jan 15 - No Class Jan 17 - Secondary Dominants Jan 19 - No Class Week 3: Secondary Functions Continued Jan 22 - Secondary Dominants Jan 24 - Analyzing Secondary Functions Jan 26 - Harmonizing Melodies using Secondary Dominants Week 4: Secondary Functions Concluded Jan 29 - Secondary Dominants and Secondary Leading Tone Chords Jan 31 - No Class Feb 2 - Secondary Functions continued Week 5: Introduction to Modulation Feb 5 - Secondary Functions and Quiz Feb 7 - Intro to Modulation Feb 9 - New Music Festival Preview Concert at 12pm (no class) Week 6: Midterm and Tonal Structure: Simple Forms Feb 12 - Common Chord Modulation Continued Feb 14 - Midterm Exam Feb 16 - Binary and Ternary Forms - Assignment Instructions Week 7: Study Break Feb 19-23 - No Classes Week 8: Synthesis Feb 26 - Midterm returned. Sketching a chromatic, modulating piece in a simple form. Feb 28 - Analysis Session. Assignment 1 due. March 2 - Turning the sketch into a piece. Model composition. Midterm returned. (This is the last day to drop the course without academic penalty). Week 9: Other Modulatory Techniques March 5 - Common Tone Modulation and Sequential Modulation March 7 - Analysis Session March 9 - Other Modulatory Techniques Continued Week 10: Compound Ternary Structures March 12 - Composition Exercise - Soloist and Strings March 14 - Analysis Session - Mozart Clarinet Concerto, II March 16 - Tutorial Week 11: Imitative Counterpoint - Intro to Fugue March 19 - Composing Fugue - Assignment 2 due. March 21 - Tutorial Session March 23 - No Class Week 12: Rhythm and Metre March 26 - Fugue Analysis March 28 - Intro to Tonal Metrical Structure and “Irregular Metres” March 30 - Composition Project Workshop Week 13: Harmonic Structure Revisited April 2- Predominant Harmonies Summarized April 4 - Composition Project Workshop April 6 - No Class Final Class April 9 - Course Summary and Evaluation. Final Composition Project Due.