Michigan State University

Web Site Of

MICHAEL J MILLETT

Formerly Lecturer of Music Theory and Trombone at the University of Texas at Tyler

www.uttyler.edu

Formerly assistant to Dr Charles Ruggiero, Dr Bruce Campbell, Dr Ron Newman, and Dr Bruce Taggart

Office hours, lab schedule, contact information, tutors

Essays And Papers

About Michael Millett

Alliance Of Michigan State University Composers (AMSUC)

 

This site is designed to provide an overview of topics covered in music theory and composition courses, provide some examples, and offer some sample test questions. It is not intended as a substitute for studying the textbooks. Only basic topics will be published and discussed on this site.

 

Music Theory and Composition Topics

Ear Training Page

20th/21st Century Muisic Theory

The Hanson System (a classic way of analyzing non-tradional sonorities)

Notation

Metric Modulation

Polyrhythms

Basics

Pitch

Rhythm

Modes

Major Scales

Minor Scales

Key Signatures - including relative and parallel minor signatures

Cadences

Foreign Terms

Intervals

Species Counterpoint

General considerations

First species

Second species

Fourth species

Third species

Fifth species

Triads

Major, minor, augmented, diminished

Scale degree names

Seventh chords

Inversions

Figured bass (includes 6 4 chords)

Roman numerals

Hints

Harmonization

Pop and Jazz Chord Symbols

Four Part Writing