MUSIC 1106

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MUSIC 1106
Introduction to Western Music Theory

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog.

This course is a self-contained introduction to theories of notated Western (European) music and related ideas found in jazz, rock, film, other popular forms, and traditional folk genres. We will also examine the synthesis of European and African diaspora music through forced migration and enslavement during the French, Spanish, and Anglo-American colonial eras in the Caribbean and the Americas. Fundamentals of pitch (melody, harmony, counterpoint, tuning), time (rhythm and form), and other parameters (including timbre and instrumentation) will be analyzed in a variety of musical contexts.


Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SU, 2025WI

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When Offered Fall.

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  •   Three Week - Three. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1221 MUSIC 1106   LEC 001

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    • Jul 14 - Aug 1, 2025

    • Spinazzola, J

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Asynchronous

    This Summer Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit: https://sce.cornell.edu/courses/roster.