Course Information
Description
Explores Western diatonic music through regular composition and analysis assignments. Engages a broad range of historical periods, traditions, and individuals. Topics include rhythm and meter, harmony and counterpoint within a single key, and a brief overview of form and modulation. Individual skills are addressed through a variety of approaches, including the required piano and sight singing labs. Local musicians perform final composition projects. Students should be proficient in reading Western staff notation in at least one clef and have experience with key signatures and scales. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments.
Class Notes
See MIT Schedule for times and locations;
Faculty: Sarah Iker;
Prereq: 21M.051, 21M.151, or permission of instructor;
Subject Level: Undergraduate
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
