Harmony 4 for Entering Students

Course Number
HR-214
Description

Open only to students who qualify for provisional advanced placement through the ESPA. This course is designed for students entering the college in the first semester. After a brief review of the content of Harmony 3, the course continues with further discussion of the principles of modern chord progression: deceptive resolutions of secondary dominants; dominant 7th chords without dominant function; contiguous dominant motion; review of melodic construction, form and melody/harmony relationship; modal interchange; pedal point and ostinato; modal harmony and modal composition; compound chords; and hybrid voicings and constant structures.

Credits
2
Prerequisites
Provisional advanced placed status for Harmony 4 on the ESPA
Required Of
All
Electable By
All B.M. and P.D. students
Semesters Offered
Fall, Spring
Location
Boston
Valencia
Department
HARM
Course Chair
George Russell Jr.
Courses may not be offered at the listed locations or taught by the listed faculty for every semester. Consult my.berklee.edu to find course information for a specific semester.