Maricopa Community Colleges  MTC255   19956-99999 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 03/28/95
MTC255 19956-99999 LEC 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s)
Music Theory IV
A continuation of Music Theory III, including 20th century theories and techniques. Prerequisites: MTC205. Corequisites: MTC256.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
MTC255   19956-99999 Music Theory IV
1. Describe and analyze how intervals and scales are used in 20th Century music. (I)
2. Describe and analyze how rhythm is used in 20th Century music. (II)
3. Describe and analyze how texture and timbre are used in 20th Century music. (III)
4. Describe and analyze new forms used in 20th Century music. (IV)
5. Identify and write twelve-tone rows. (V)
6. Describe and analyze more recent developments in 20th Century music. (VI)
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MTC255   19956-99999 Music Theory IV
    I. Intervals and scales
        A. Intervallic chordal structures
          1. Chords based on fourths and fifths
          2. Clusters
          3. Polychords
          4. Added note
          5. Other intervallic structures
        B. Diatonicism
        C. Whole-tone scales
        D. Altered scales: Octatonic scale
        E. Modes
      II. Rhythm
          A. Irregular meter
          B. Changing meter
          C. Polymeter
          D. Ameter
          E. Serialized rhythm
        III. Texture and timbre
            A. Spacing and registration
            B. Ostinato
            C. Layered textures
            D. Klangfarbenmelodie
            E. Sprechstimme
          IV. Forms
              A. Arch form
              B. Open form
            V. Twelve-tone rows
                A. Order numbers
                B. Series form
                  1. Prime
                  2. Retrograde
                  3. Inversion
                  4. Retrograde inversion
                C. Matrix
              VI. Recent developments
                  A. Aleatory
                  B. Prepared piano
                  C. Minimalism
                  D. Musique concrete
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