MUSC 399 Tonal Counterpoint Units: 3.00
Study, through composition, of the contrapuntal procedures of the 18th century, with an emphasis on J.S. Bach's two-part inventions and fugues.
Learning Hours: 114 (36 Lecture, 78 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite MUSC 293 or permission of the School.
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Analyze and interpret the relationship between bass, harmony, and melodic voices in order to produce period-appropriate counterpoint.
- Analyze and label a passage of music in terms of key, harmony, form, and imitation, and to thereby parse music and locate important moments of articulation.
- Create melodic embellishment and variation on a given melody.
- Identify and reproduce imitative form structures from the Baroque era.