MUSC 120AMusic Theory IV
Music · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Theory: baroque counterpoint including chorale prelude; two-part invention; exposition and first modulation of three-part invention; canonic principles; analysis of inventions, canons, and fugues. Musicianship: sight-singing of extended chromatic melodies; advanced harmonic dictation (diatonic and chromatic); keyboard harmonization of modulating melodies; elementary score reading.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Fall 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Preparation: passing score on departmental first-year examination. Requisite: course 20C with grade of C (2.0) or better.
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needs reviewconfidence 0.70 · from text- MUSC 20Cgrade C or better
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Requires
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MUSC 120A
- MUSC 110BMusicality and Creativity in Childhood
- MUSC 110CComparative Study of Choral Music Education
- MUSC 110DComparative Study of Instrumental Music Education
- MUSC 116Introduction to Conducting
- MUSC 117Study and Conducting of Instrumental and Choral Literature
- MUSC C118AAdvanced Choral Conducting
- MUSC C118BChoral Techniques and Methods
- MUSC C218AAdvanced Choral Conducting
- MUSC C218BChoral Techniques and Methods
- MUSC 119Jazz and Technology Pedagogy
- MUSC 120BMusic Theory V
- MUSC 121Special Topics in 20th-Century Music
- MUSC 122Speculative Music Theory
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