University of South Carolina
School of Music

BAIN MUSC 315A
Analysis of Tonal Music

Fall 2026


Blackboard | Listening/Analysis

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


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Assignments/Activities
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Course Description

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

Required Textbook (Open Access)

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

Course Documents

  1. Syllabus (pdf)New icon
  2. Composition Project (pdf)
  3. Listening/Analysis
  4. Activities
  5. Worksheets
  6. Reading
  7. Bibliography

Handouts
  1. Lead-Sheet Symbols (pdf)
  2. Two-Voice Counterpoint Symbols (pdf)
  3. Chord Inversions and Figured Bass (pdf)
  4. Cadence Types (pdf)
  5. Key Relationships (pdf)
  6. Embellishing Tones (pdf)
  7. Collections (pdf)

Online Resources
  1. Adams, MusicTheory.net {MusicTheory.net}
  2. Alvira, Teoria {Teoria}
  3. Feezell, LearnMusicTheory.net (LMT) {LearnMusicTheory.net}
  4. Richards, Film Music Notes blog. Available online at: <https://filmmusicnotes.com/blog/>

References
See also: BAIN MUSC 315A Bibliography

Gotham, Mark, et al. 2023. Open Music Theory, Version 2 (OMT2). Available online at: <https://viva.pressbooks.pub/openmusictheory/>.
Hutchinson, Robert. 2021. Music Theory for the 21st Classroom (MT21). 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 (MOUNT). Available online: <https://milnepublishing.geneseo.edu/fundamentals-function-form/>.

Shaffer, Kris, et al. 2014. Open Music Theory, Version 1 (OMT1). Available online at: <https://openmusictheory.github.io>.



Updated: February 23, 2026

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