MUT 113-101 Basic Music Theory II – Spring 2016
Course Information
Spring 2016
MUT 113 – Section 101 (CRN 20438) – Basic Music Theory II
Web-Enhanced Course Instructional Method
Monday – Friday, 8:00 AM – 8:50 AM
Laidlaw Performing Arts Center Room 1127
Instructor Information
INSTRUCTORS: Dr. David Durant and Mr. Kevin Davis
Dr. David Durant
(251) 460-6695 (office) or (251) 802-7905 (cell)
ddurant@southalabama.edu
Dr. Durant’s office hours are on Mondays and Wednesdays from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM, 3:30 PM
to 5:00 PM, and by appointment. His office is Laidlaw Performing Arts Center Room 1151.
You may contact Mr. Davis by email: kevindavis@southalabama.edu
Work phone: (251) 473-2779
Home phone: (251) 662-3196
Please make sure we can identify you in your email. Put your full name in the body of your
email.
Course Description
MUT 113 is an integrated course in aural and non-aural music theory including music skills, part
writing, analysis, counterpoint, sight singing, dictation, keyboard harmony, and computer
applications in part writing and ear training.
Course Topical Outline
The following topics will be covered in MUT 113 with some overlap into MUT 212:
Principles of Voice Leading
Nonchord Tones 1 and 2
Root Position Part Writing
The V7 Chords
Harmonic Progression and the Sequence
The II7 and VII7 Chords
Triads in First Inversion
Other Diatonic Seventh Chords
Triads in Second Inversion
Secondary Functions 1 and 2
Cadences, Phrases, and Periods
Diatonic Common Chord Modulation
Course Goals and Objectives
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To understand and establish the discipline required of a professional musician
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To obtain the common vocabulary of the community of professional musicians
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To establish a thorough competence in basic music skills
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To understand the common practice period and to put it in its historical context
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To gain the basic skills required for four-part writing in chorale and keyboard style
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To gain the basic skills required for musical analysis
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To understand the basic principles of counterpoint
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To learn to sing at sight using diatonic numbers, solfege, and neutral syllables
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To learn to take musical dictation of intervals, melody, rhythm, and harmony
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To incorporate the piano as a tool for musical study
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To incorporate technology as a tool for musical study
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To understand the disciplines of composition and improvisation
Course Pre-requisites / Co-requisites
A grade of “C” or better in MUT 112.
Course Materials
Tonal harmony, with an introduction to twentieth-century music, Seventh Edition. Stefan Kostka
and Dorothy Payne. 2013.
Music for Sight Singing, Ninth Edition. Robert W. Ottman. 2014.
Pencils (no work in pen will be accepted)
Staff paper
Class Attendance Policy
The most important component of a student’s success in MUT 113 is attendance. A significant
amount of your training will be done in class. You are expected and required to attend each class
meeting, be on time, be prepared, and to participate. Class starts promptly at 8:00 AM
Monday – Friday. If you are tardy, it is your responsibility to get your name on the roll sheet
immediately after that day’s class is over. You will be counted tardy for that class. Two tardies
will be counted as one absence. If you have a written excuse for an absence or a tardy, please
attend to it immediately after class on your first class back with the instructor of the class that
you missed. You may email your instructor in advance if you are going to miss a class. That
email does not count as your excuse. Please bring your written excuse on your first class back
with the instructor of the class that you missed. If you miss 20% of the classes (15), regardless
of whether they are excused or not, you will automatically fail. If you reach this number
before Friday, April 3 at 4:59 PM (last day to withdraw from a course) you will be advised to
drop the course. If you do not drop the course you will automatically fail. For each class that
you have an unexcused absence, the following deductions will occur from your final
average: 1 class = .5, 2 = 1, 3 = 1.5, 4 = 2, 5 = 3, 6 = 4, 7 = 5, 8 = 6, 9 = 10, 10 = 12, 11 = 14,
12 = 16, 13 = 18, 14 = 20, 15 = automatic failure.
Absences and tardies will be excused for the following reasons:
• A death in the immediate family
• A documented family emergency
• A documented personal emergency
• A documented illness
• A documented University or Department function
Assessment
The final grade for this course will be determined using the following percentages:
*** Attendance (See the above class attendance policy)
20% In-Class Written Assignments, Written Homework, and Written Pop Quizzes
20% Six MacGamut Assignments (Only scores of 70 or higher will be accepted)
20% Five Sight Singing Tests and all In-Class Ear Training Assignments
20% Five Written Tests
20% Final Written Exam: Monday, May 2, 8 – 10 AM
Make-Up Exam and Test Policy
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A make-up test or final exam will be given under the following circumstances:
• A death in the immediate family
• A documented family emergency
• A documented personal emergency
• A documented illness
• A documented University or Departmental function
In extraordinary circumstances a student may be given the test in advance of the scheduled class
period. All make-up tests or exams must be completed within one week of the scheduled test or
exam.
Late Work Penalty
Written homework assignments are to be turned in at the beginning of class on the Mondays they
are due. Late written homework assignments will not be accepted. If you are going to be absent
you may turn your work in early, OR scan the work and email it to Dr. Durant
(ddurant@southalabama.edu) before 8 AM of the scheduled due date, OR take a digital
photograph(s) of the complete assignment and email it to Dr. Durant before 8 AM of the
scheduled due date. MacGamut assignments are to be submitted by email to
usatheory@gmail.com before 11:59 PM on the Wednesday they are due. Late MacGamut
assignments will have a five-point deduction for the first week they are late and a 10-point
deduction after the first week. Only scores of 70 or higher will be accepted on MacGamut
assignments.
Course Assignments
*MacGamut assignments are due by email to usatheory@gmail.com on these Wednesdays by 11:59 PM:
1/27, 2/17, 3/2, 3/23, 4/6, and 4/27
*Sight singing tests will be given on the following days:
Test One: Tuesday or Thursday 1/26 or 1/28
Test Two: Tuesday or Thursday 2/16 or 2/18
Test Three: Tuesday or Thursday 3/8 or 3/10
Test Four: Tuesday or Thursday 4/5 or 4/7
Test Five: Tuesday or Thursday 4/26 or 4/28
*Written tests will be given on these Fridays:
2/12, 3/4, 3/25, 4/8, and 4/22
*Written homework assignments will be due on these Mondays:
1/25, 2/15, 2/29, 3/21, 4/4, and 4/18
*Ear training and written quizzes may be given at anytime with or without prior notice.
Changes in Course Requirements
Not all classes progress at the same rate thus course requirements might have to be modified as
circumstances dictate. You will be given written notice if the course requirements need to be
changed.
Academic Disruption Policy
The University of South Alabama’s policy regarding Academic Disruption is found in The
Lowdown, the student handbook.
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http://www.southalabama.edu/lowdown/academicdisruption.shtml: Disruptive academic
behavior is defined as individual or group conduct that interrupts or interferes with any
educational activity or environment, infringes upon the rights and privileges of others, results in
or threatens the destruction of property and/or is otherwise prejudicial to the maintenance of
order in an academic environment.
Dr. Durant and Mr. Davis expect you to be cordial, courteous and respectful of faculty members
and fellow students.
The use of cell phones, laptops, or any other electronic device is not permitted in MUT 113
without prior permission from Dr. Durant or Mr. Davis.
Student Academic Conduct Policy
The University of South Alabama’s policy regarding Student Academic Conduct Policy is found
in The Lowdown http://www.southalabama.edu/lowdown/academicconductpolicy.shtml: The
University of South Alabama is a community of scholars in which the ideals of freedom of
inquiry, freedom of thought, freedom of expression, and freedom of the individual are sustained.
The University is committed to supporting the exercise of any right guaranteed to individuals by
the Constitution and the Code of Alabama and to educating students relative to their
responsibilities.
Students with Disabilities
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, students with bona fide disabilities will
be afforded reasonable accommodation. The Office of Special Student Services will certify a
disability and advise faculty members of reasonable accommodations. If you have a specific
disability that qualifies you for academic accommodations, please notify me and provide
certification from the Special Student Services (Office of Special Students Services). Effective
January 12, 2015, the Office of Student Disability Services will be located at 320 Alumni Circle,
Faculty Court West. The entrance, Suite 19, is on the west side of the building, near the parking
area. It is building 40 on USA’s campus map.
JAGAlert
JAGAlert is an academic program intended to help freshman and sophomore students be successful in
their courses. Watch for the JAGAlert email around week six of this semester and then check your alerts
in PAWs.
Online Writing Support
The University of South Alabama provides online writing tutoring services through
SMARTHINKING, an online tutoring service. SMARTHINKING is available at
http://services.smarthinking.com.
Information about the University Writing Center and Online Writing Lab can be found online at
www.southalabama.edu/univlib/instruction/antiplagiarism/writinghelp.html.
Counseling and Testing Services
Counseling and Testing Services provides a variety of free and confidential services for students.
For further information regarding this resource go to www.southalabama.edu/counseling or call
the office at 460-7051.
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