University of South Carolina
School of Music

BAIN MUSC 115
Music Theory I

Summer 2023


MUSC 115 | Blackboard | E-Book

C O U R S E   M O D U L E S
Fundamentals
2. Harmonic Schemas
in Popular Music
3. Diatonic Harmony
4. Sentences & Periods
5. Form in Popular Music
Online Resources

Open Music Theory

On Music Dictionary


News

Welcome to MUSC 115!

This course will be offered: Summer 2023, 3-Week Session III (3S5)
June 19 - July 7, MTW: 12:20-3:50 pm, B3WEB

Course Documents

  1. Syllabus (pdf) Updated icon
  2. Bibliography

Required Textbook (Open Access)

Open Music Theory, Version 2 {OMT2} (Gotham, et al. 2020)

Assignments/Activities

See Blackboard

Course Materials

  1. Digital Anthology
  2. Music Notation

Composition/Analysis Projects

  1. Chord Loop Project
  2. Melody Harmonization Project
  3. Form Project

Online Resources

  1. Computer-Assisted Instruction
  2. Calculators

References

Adams, Ricci. 2023. MusicTheory.net (MT.net). Available online at: <https://www.musictheory.net>.

Alvira, José Rodríguez. 2023 Teoria. Available online: <https://www.teoria.com>.

Feezell, Mark. 2010. LearnMusicTheory.net. Available online at: <https://learnmusictheory.net>.

Gotham, Mark, et al. 2020. Open Music Theory, Version 2 (OMT2). Viva Press Publishing. Available online at: <https://viva.pressbooks.pub/openmusictheory/>.

Hutchinson, Robert. 2017. Music Theory for the 21st Classroom. Available online at: <https://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/MusicTheory.html>.

Mount, Andre with Lee Rothfarb. 2020. Fundamentals, Function, and Form: Theory and Analysis of Tonal Western Art Music. Available online: <https://milnepublishing.geneseo.edu/fundamentals-function-form/>.


Updated: May 24, 2023

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