Directed Study in Small Forms 1
Offered - Fall, Spring, Summer
Course number - CM-397
Students will take a half-hour private lesson with a composition teacher each week. The teacher will work with the students on the basics of composition, including conclusive and nonconclusive phrases; antecedent-consequent phrase relationships; open-ended phrase relationships; sequencing; modulation; large-scale tonal relationships; and thematic variation and development. Application of these techniques will be the basis in writing compositions, using models from the classical period. These basic compositional techniques may be expanded to include more advanced concepts, as determined by the composition professor according to the student's composition background. In addition to the weekly half-hour private lesson, the student will attend a composition seminar (1.5 hours) along with all of the Directed Study students.
Credits: 2
Course Chair: Arnold Friedman
Prerequisites: CM-212
Required of: COMP majors
Electable by: COMP majors