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Status: Active
SUNY ID: 122675
Full Title: MUSIC THEORY I
Level: Lower Division (UG)
CIP: 5009 Music

MUS 115
MUSIC THEORY I

3 credits

This course is designed for musicians and requires prior knowledge and ability to read music. Material covered includes a review of notation, meter, rhythm, scales, and key signatures, and continues with a study of intervals, triads, figured bass, Roman Numeral analysis, melodic analysis, part writing, and nonchord tones. Concurrent enrollment in MUS113: Aural Skills I is strongly recommended.