Fall term
MUTH 150. Theory and Analysis 1.
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Credits: 3
Offered by: Music Research (Schulich School of Music)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Diatonic chords and harmonic progressions, focus on outer-voice framework, cadences, embellishments, building chordal fluency in common-practice tonality, applied chords.
- Corequisites: MUSP 140 and MUSP 170
- Prerequisite: Matriculation Music or McGill Conservatory Theory Secondary V or its equivalent.
- Corequisites: MUSP 140 and MUSP 170
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MUSP 140. Musicianship Training 1.
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Credits: 2
Offered by: Music Research (Schulich School of Music)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Rhythm and metre basic subdivisions and conducting patterns; intervals, chords, and scale patterns; non-modulating tonal melodies with treble and bass clefs; harmonic progressions emphasizing two-part outer voice structures.
- 2 hours
- Prerequisite: Matriculation Music or McGill Conservatory Theory Secondary V or its equivalent.
- Corequisites: MUTH 150, MUSP 170
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MUSP 170. Musicianship (Keyboard) 1.
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Credits: 1
Offered by: Music Research (Schulich School of Music)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Harmonic, melodic and rhythmic analysis at the keyboard through the study of rudiments, repertoire, chorale/score reading, transposition and harmonization.
- 1 hour
- Prerequisite: Matriculation Music or McGill Conservatory Theory Secondary V or its equivalent.
- Corequisites: MUTH 150 and MUSP 140.
- Course contents parallel with those of MUTH 150 and MUSP 140.
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MUPD 135. Music as a Profession 1.
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Credits: 1
Offered by: Music Research (Schulich School of Music)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Music Professional Development: An introduction to information, resources, and skills related to physical, mental, and professional well-being for the musician and scholar.
- Open to B.Mus. students or by permission of the instructor.
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MUIN 180. BMus Practical Lessons 1.
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Credits: 3
Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Practical instruction on an instrument or voice.
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: Admission to the B.Mus. program by audition.
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One large ensemble (MUEN 5xx): 2 credits
One small ensemble (MUEN 5xx): 1 credit
MUHL 186. Western Musical Traditions.
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Credits: 3
Offered by: Music Research (Schulich School of Music)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A survey of Western music from the Middle Ages to the present. Emphasis on key musical concepts and genres in their historical context and aural recognition of style.
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Winter term
MUTH 151. Theory and Analysis 2.
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Credits: 3
Offered by: Music Research (Schulich School of Music)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Sequences and modulation, chromatic vocabulary, analysis of simple theme types (sentence, period, hybrids) and fugal techniques.
- Corequisites: MUSP 141 and MUSP 171
- Course equivalent to MUTH 210.
- Pre- or Co-requisites: MUTH 150, MUSP 140 and MUSP 170
- Corequisites: MUSP 141 and MUSP 171
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MUSP 141. Musicianship Training 2.
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Credits: 2
Offered by: Music Research (Schulich School of Music)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Rhythm and metre mixed divisions and syncopations; triadic and seventh chord voicings and disjunct pitch collections; chromatically embellished melodies adding alto clef; simple modulating harmonic progressions emphasizing two-part outer voice structures.
- Corequisites: MUTH 151, MUSP 171
- 2 hours
- Prerequisites: Matriculation Music or McGill Conservatory Theory Secondary V or its equivalent. MUSP 140
- Corequisites: MUTH 151, MUSP 171
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MUSP 171. Musicianship (Keyboard) 2.
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Credits: 1
Offered by: Music Research (Schulich School of Music)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Building chordal fluency. Harmonic vocabulary including sequences, chromaticism and modulation. Chorale and score reading with transposing instruments and alto/tenor clefs.
- Course contents parallel with those of MUTH 151 and MUSP 141.
- 1 hour
- Prerequisite: MUSP 170
- Corequisites: MUTH 111 and MUSP 131; or MUTH 151 and MUSP 141
- Restriction: All students admitted to B.Mus. and L.Mus. programs, including those with keyboard or guitar as their principal instrument, are required to take MUSP 171 Keyboard Lab, unless exempt on the basis of a placement test. Students who are exempt from MUTH 111 through placement tests must still take MUSP 171 (unless exempt) since this course forms the foundation of keyboard-based musicianship tasks at upper levels. (All Majors in Jazz Performance substitute MUJZ 171 for MUSP 171. Students in Jazz Performance who have completed MUJZ 170 and MUJZ 171, and who transfer to a Department of Theory program, will be required to complete MUSP 171.) Students who do not achieve a continuation pass in MUSP 171 must reregister for the course in the semester immediately following. Students who do not achieve a continuation pass after repeating the course will not be allowed to proceed with further Musicianship or Theory studies until a continuation pass is achieved. Tests for MUSP 171 are held in August-September, December-January, and April-May [as well as during the Summer Session when course(s) offered], the exact dates determined by the Department of Music Research.
- Course contents parallel with those of MUTH 151 and MUSP 141.
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MUIN 181. BMus Practical Lessons 2.
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Credits: 3
Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Practical examination in clarinet techniques.
- Prerequisite: MUIN 180
- Restriction: Open to students entering directly from High Schools outside Quebec.
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One large ensemble (MUEN 5xx): 2 credits
One small ensemble (MUEN 5xx): 1 credit
One non-music elective (preferably a course to develop critical thinking and writing skills, such as psychology, philosophy, history, etc. before taking MUHL 286 in your 2nd or 3rd year)
