printer friendly pageMUSIC 19A: Introduction to Music Theory
For non-music majors and Music majors or minors unable to pass the proficiency test for entry to
MUSIC 21. The fundamentals of music theory and notation, basic sight reading, sight singing, ear training, keyboard harmony; melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic dictation. Skill oriented, using piano and voice as basic tools to develop listening and reading skills.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, GER:DB-Hum, WAY-CE
Instructors:
Berger, T. (PI)
;
Kuo, E. (PI)
;
Rose, F. (PI)
;
Wang, R. (PI)
;
Golubkova, A. (TA)
;
Yu, J. (TA)
MUSIC 19B: Intermediate Music Theory
This course is an introduction to music theory geared toward students who have basic literacy skills (i.e. fundamental notation, identifying major and minor scales, keys, etc). Using musical materials from repertoire selected from campus and area concerts, and incorporating the opportunity to attend these concerts, the course will introduce elements of harmony, melody, form, orchestration and arrangement. The course is an appropriate successor to
Music 19A. Students who successfully complete
Music 19B can go on directly to
Music 21.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-CE, WAY-A-II
Instructors:
Berger, T. (PI)
;
Wang, R. (TA)
MUSIC 20A: Jazz Theory (AFRICAAM 20A)
Introduces the language and sounds of jazz through listening, analysis, and compositional exercises. Students apply the fundamentals of music theory to the study of jazz. Prerequisite:
Music 19, consent of instructor, or satisfactory demonstration of basic musical skills proficiency on qualifying examination on first day of class. This class is closed by design. Please register on the waitlist and show up on the first day of class to receive a permission number for enrollment.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II, WAY-CE
Instructors:
Nadel, J. (PI)
MUSIC 20AX: The Singer-Songwriter & American Popular Culture
This is a course about the emergence of a mythological figure in twentieth-century American popular culture: the singer-songwriter. From the storied travels of Woody Guthrie across the Great Plains, to the rebellious genius of Bob Dylan, whose poetic lyrics won him the Nobel Prize in Literature, to the genre-bending feminist icon of our modern age, Taylor Swift, singer-songwriters have been at the heart of American cultural expression for nearly a century. By taking seriously how both individual and national identity are shaped by discourses of race, ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality, we will explore how political transformations in American social life might help us to understand the careers of Guthrie, Dylan, Swift and many others, as well as vice-versa: how singer-songwriters transformed American social life in the mid to late twentieth century. What remains so alluring about these poet-performers? What can their enduring significance tell us about the development of American popular culture in the twentieth century and today? Note: No musical training is required to take this course.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II
Instructors:
Gilbert, M. (PI)
MUSIC 20B: Advanced Jazz Theory
Approaches to improvisation and composed jazz lines through listening, transcribing, analysis, and compositional exercises. Topics include: chord/scale theory, melodic minor harmony, altered chords, and substitute harmony. Prerequisite: 20A or consent of instructor.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-CE, GER:DB-Hum
Instructors:
Nadel, J. (PI)
MUSIC 21: Introduction to Tonal Theory
Preference to majors. Introduction to tonal theory. Practice and analysis. Diatonic harmony focusing on melodic and harmonic organization, functional relationships, voice-leading, and tonal structures. Students must concurrently enroll in an Ear-training and musicianship lab (
MUSIC 24a, 24b, or 24c as appropriate). Music majors must take 4 courses in ear training, and pass an ear training exit exam in their Junior year. Enrollment limited to 40. Prerequisites: (1) Piano Proficiency Exam (must be passed within the first two weeks of the term) or
MUSIC 12A (may be taken concurrently); (2) Passing grade on a basic musical skills proficiency examination on the first day of class or
MUSIC 19.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II, WAY-CE
MUSIC 22: Intermediate Tonal Theory
Preference to majors. Introduction to chromatic harmony focusing on secondary functions, modulations, and harmonic sequences. Analysis of musical forms and harmonizations complemented by harmonic and melodic dictation, sight-singing, and other practical skills. Students must concurrently enroll in an ear-training and musicianship lab (
MUSIC 24A, 24B, or 24C as appropriate). Music majors must take 4 courses in ear training, and pass an ear training exit exam in their Junior year. Prerequisites: (1)
MUSIC 21; (2) Piano Proficiency Exam or
MUSIC 12B (may be taken concurrently); or consent of instructor.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-CE, GER:DB-Hum
MUSIC 23: Advanced Tonal Theory
Preference to majors. Continuation of chromatic harmony such as mode mixture, Neapolitan, augmented sixth chords, enharmonic modulation, complex forms of the late Romantic and early Modern period, and the transition to post-tonal theory (church modes, octatonic, pentatonic, whole-tone scales, amongst other topics). Students must concurrently enroll in an ear-training and musicianship lab (
MUSIC 24A, 24B, or 24C as appropriate). Music majors must take 4 courses in ear training, and pass an ear training exit exam in their Junior year. Prerequisites: (1)
MUSIC 22; (2) Piano Proficiency Exam or
MUSIC 12C (may be taken concurrently); or consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-CE, GER:DB-Hum
MUSIC 24A: Ear Training I
Class is closed by design. Please contact instructor Erika Arul (mailto:earul@stanford.edu) for permission to enroll. Preference to Music majors and minors.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 1-2
MUSIC 24B: Ear Training II
Class is closed by design. Please contact instructor Erika Arul (mailto:earul@stanford.edu) for permission to enroll. Preference to Music majors and minors.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-2
Instructors:
Arul, E. (PI)
;
Lee, P. (PI)
;
Limric, B. (PI)
;
Lee, P. (TA)
;
Limric, B. (TA)
;
Xiong, J. (TA)
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