Music Theory, Harmony & Ear Training

Gain a command of music theory and the mechanics of contemporary music.
 
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Music Theory 101
Paul Schmeling (12 weeks) 3 Credits 		For-credit: $1,400
Non-credit: $1,200
Get the musical foundation you need to take your skills to a higher level. Learn to read, write, really listen…and put theory into practice every day!
Music Theory 201: Harmony and Function
Paul Schmeling (12 weeks) 3 Credits 		For-credit: $1,400
Non-credit: $1,200
Become a more effective player and writer by furthering your music theory background. Learn more complex chords, progressions, and rhythms to open up your understanding of the elements that help put the groove in jazz, pop, blues, and rock.
Music Theory 301: Advanced Melody, Harmony, Rhythm
Paul Schmeling (12 weeks) 3 Credits 		For-credit: $1,400
Non-credit: $1,200
Prepare yourself for any future musical endeavor and gain a professional command of the mechanics of contemporary music in this advanced music theory course.
Basic Ear Training 1
Matt Marvuglio and Roberta Radley (12 weeks) 3 Credits 		For-credit: $1,400
Non-credit: $1,200
This practical approach to ear training will help you build your confidence as a performer by teaching you how to notate basic rhythms and better identify the different parts of a song.
Getting Inside Harmony 1
Michael Rendish (12 weeks) 3 Credits 		For-credit: $1,400
Non-credit: $1,200
Use harmony creatively in your playing and writing. Learn to hear and modify chord progressions, improvise effectively from chord to chord and deepen your understanding of music's inner workings.
Getting Inside Harmony 2
Michael Rendish (12 weeks) 3 Credits 		For-credit: $1,400
Non-credit: $1,200
Take your harmonic development to the next level by gaining a solid footing in more advanced principles including melodic and harmonic tension, chord substitution, and chromatically altered chords.
Harmonic Ear Training
Roberta Radley (12 weeks) 3 Credits 		For-credit: $1,400
Non-credit: $1,200
Put your harmonic theory into practice. Learn techniques that will improve your performance, arranging, and compositional skills by refining your ability to really hear and recognize what is going on within the chord progressions.
Counterpoint
Beth Denisch (12 weeks) 3 Credits 		For-credit: $1,400
Non-credit: $1,200
Gain a broad overview of counterpoint and the art of writing lines that support both the melody and the overall structure of a composition - essential information for singers, songwriters, composers, guitarists and musicians from all backgrounds.
Reharmonization Techniques
Steve Rochinski (12 weeks) 3 Credits 		For-credit: $1,400
Non-credit: $1,200
Take your musical vocabulary and skill set to a whole new level for writing, arranging, and performing music of any genre by learning reharmonization and providing musical interest and variety to standard repertoire.
Music History of the Western World
Tom Rudolph (12 weeks) 3 Credits 		For-credit: $1,400
Non-credit: $1,200
Just as learning the theory behind how music creation works, exploring the history of music is key to understanding the genres of music that we perform, create, and consume today. Music History of the Western World will provide you with a foundation for understanding how music has developed in the Western world through the study of composers, compositions, and key characteristics of a number of musical genres.
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