University of South Carolina
School of Music

BAIN MUSC 315
Analysis of Tonal Music

Spring 2025


Blackboard | Listening/Analysis

C O U R S E   M O D U L E S
1. Tonal Theory
Review
2. Baroque Music
Triangle Classical Music
4. Romantic Music
5. Twentieth-Century
Music
6. Contemporary
Tonal Idioms

News

Wed., Feb. 19
: Modal Mixture & the Neapolitan Chord

Reading
Jarvis, Modal Mixture {OMT2}

Jarvis, Neapolitan 6th {OMT2}

Assignments/Activities
See Blackboard

Course Description

Analysis of tonal Western art music from 1600-2000 with an emphasis on the study of harmony and style analysis.

Prerequisite: C or better in MUSC 215

Required Textbooks (Open Access)

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

Hutchinson, Music Theory for the 21st Classroom {MT21}

Mount, Fundamentals, Function, and Form: Theory and Analysis of Tonal Western Art Music {MOUNT}


Course Documents

  1. Syllabus (pdf)
  2. Listening/Analysis
  3. Activities
  4. Worksheets
  5. Reading
  6. Bibliography

Handouts
  1. Lead Sheet Symbols (pdf)
  2. Two-Voice Counterpoint Symbols (pdf)
  3. Chord Inversions and Figured Bass (pdf)
  4. Cadence Types (pdf)
  5. Key Relationships (pdf)
  6. Embellishing Tones (pdf)

Online Resources
  1. Adams, MusicTheory.net {MusicTheory.net}
  2. Alvira, Teoria {Teoria}
  3. Bain, MUSC 115 Music Theory I {BAIN MUSC 115}
  4. Feezell, Mark. LearnMusicTheory.net (LMT). Available online at: <https://learnmusictheory.net>.

References
See also: BAIN MUSC 315A Bibliography

Gotham, Mark, et al. 2023. Open Music Theory, Version 2 (OMT2). Available online at: <https://viva.pressbooks.pub/openmusictheory/>.
Hutchinson, Robert. 2021. Music Theory for the 21st Classroom (MT21). 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 (MOUNT). Available online: <https://milnepublishing.geneseo.edu/fundamentals-function-form/>.


Updated: February 18, 2025

Reginald Bain | University of South Carolina | School of Music
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