MUTH 260 - Contemporary Music Theory I

2 hours
This is a multipurpose music theory course for music majors and covers essential topics which are essential to understanding and analyzing contemporary music and harmony. The music examined will include jazz, pop, rock, gospel, blues and CCM. Topics include Diatonic and Diatonic-related concepts. This course is intended to provide a method of studying music theory in which Roman Numeral analysis are used to interpret harmonic movement, trends, and resolution. The concepts, principles and techniques taught in this course are pertinent to music arranging, composition, or pedagogy and is relevant to the practical needs of the modern-day musician/performer. Prerequisite(s): MUTH 230 and permission of instructor. UG