C O U R S E   M O D U L E S
1.	Introduction
	Baroque Music
3.	Classical Music
4.	Romantic Music
5.	Twentieth-Century Music
6.	Contemporary Tonal Idioms

See Blackboard

Analysis of tonal music from 1600-2000 with an emphasis on the study of harmony

Gotham, et al., Open Music Theory, Version 2 {OMT2}

Course Documents

1. Syllabus (pdf)
• Daily Schedule (pdf)
• Links for Students (pdf)
2. Listening/Analysis
3. Activities
4. Worksheets
   
5. Reading
6. Bibliography
   
   

1. Lead-Sheet Symbols (pdf)
2. Chord Inversions and Figured Bass (pdf)
3. Cadence Types (pdf)
4. Two-Voice Counterpoint Symbols (pdf)
   
5. Key Relationships (pdf)
• Key Signatures (pdf)
6. Embellishing Tones (pdf)
7. Roman Numerals
   
• Diatonic (pdf)
• Chromatic: see Roman Numeral Syntax (pdf)
  
8. Collections (pdf)

1. Adams, MusicTheory.net {MusicTheory.net}
2. Alvira, Teoria {Teoria.com}
3. Feezell, LearnMusicTheory.net {LMT.net}
• Fundamentals {LMT.net}
  
• Diatonic Harmony {LMT.net}
  
• Chromatic Harmony {LMT.net}
  
• Form {LMT.net}
  
4. Gjerdingen, Partimenti.org
   
• An Introduction to Counterpoint {Partimenti.org}
  
• What are Schemas? {Partimenti.org}
• An Illustrated Guide to the Rule of the Octave {Partimenti.org}
  
5. Gotham, et al., Open Music Theory, Version 2 {OMT2; Workbook: OMT2} (Gotham et al. 2023)
6. Hanson, Courses
   
• Diatonic Harmony {HansenMedia.net}
• Roman Numerals and Harmonic Functions {HansenMedia.net}
  
• Chromatic Harmony {HansenMedia.net}
• Learning Materials:
• Lead Sheet Symbols {HansenMedia.net}
• Figured Bass Conventions {HansenMedia.net}
7. Hutchinson, Music Theory for the 21st Classroom {MT21C; Workbook: MT21C} (Hutchinson 2017)
• Ch. 22 Modulation {MT21C}
  
8. Kelly, Introduction to Thoroughbass Realization {RobertKelleyPhd.com} (Kelly 2005)
• Figured Bass Symbols
  
• Beyond Inversion Symbols: Mastering Figured Bass Realization {YouTube}
  
9. Mount, Fundamentals, Function, and Form {Milne; Workbook: Milne} (Mount 2020)
10. Remeš
• Compendium of Voice-Leading Patterns (2025) {TU Dortmund University} (Remeš)
• Go Figure! Thoroughbass & Composition {YouTube Channel}
  
11. Richards, Film Music Notes {Filmmusicnotes.com}
12. Rotem, Early Music Sources {Website; YouTube Channel}
    
13. Rush, Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People {TobyRush.com}
14. Tymoczko, et al., The romantext format {ISMR} (Tymoczko et al. 2019)
    
    

See also: BAIN MUSC 315A Bibliography

Gotham, Mark, et al. 2023. Open Music Theory, Version 2 (OMT2). Hybrid Pedagogy Publishing. Available online at: <https://viva.pressbooks.pub/openmusictheory/>.

Hutchinson, Robert. 2017. Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom (MT21C). University of Puget Sound. Available online at: <https://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/MusicTheory.html>.

Mount, Andre with Lee Rothfarb. 2020. Fundamentals, Function, and Form: Theory and Analysis of Tonal Western Art Music (FFF). Milne Publishing. Available online at: <https://milnepublishing.geneseo.edu/fundamentals-function-form/>.