MDP 601E - Advanced Trends Music Theory

Course Objectives

To familiarise with current relevant topics in the field of music theory..
To generate a working knowledge of post-tonal, neo-Riemmanian, and Schenkerian theories.
To investigate theories of rhythm and analytical techniques for analyzing sound (i.e. non-pitch-based analysis techniques).

Course Description

New trends in 20th-century music and analysis. Current analytical techniques (review of recent theory journals). Schenkerian analysis. Post-tonal theory. Neo-Riemannian Theory. New approaches to rhythm and sound analysis.