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- Music History, Literature and Theory
- MHIS 145-146 Theory and Aural Skills I-II
Continuous courses; 2 lecture and 3 laboratory hours. 4-4 credits. Open to music majors and minors only. The application of music theory, aural skills and keyboard knowledge are combined in the study of harmonic and melodic structure. First semester begins with rudiments and progresses to diatonic and secondary harmony as applied to phrase structure in music. Emphasis is placed upon the development of aural skills as applied to the presented material.