California

State University, Fullerton


Music Department
800 N. State College Blvd.

Fullerton, CA 92831-3599

COURSE SYLLABUS
Mus 319-2 11750
Spring 2019
Form and Analysis

Credits: 3

Class Time: T-Th 10-11:15

CPAC 225
Instructor: Thom Sharp
OfKice:
Email thsharp@fullerton.edu
OfKice hours: Wed 10-11; Thur 9-10

Catalog description: Prerequisite: Mus 211, Mus 221. Structural elements of music such as
motive, phrase and period: binary, ternary, rondo, sonata-allegro and larger musical forms in
representative musical works.

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the nature of a musical phrase.

2. Students will demonstrate an understanding of how phrases work together to create
larger musical forms.
3. Students will be able to recognize various phrase structures in common music
literature.
4. Students will demonstrate an understanding of how rhythm, melodic contour, tempo,
texture, harmony, and dynamics all contribute to how a musical phrase presents.

Required Text
Form and Analysis: time, pattern, proportion
Glenn Spring and Jere Hutcheson

Content/Main Study Units:

• Basic Factors in Form
• The Phrase
• the Phrase Group
• Simple Part Forms
• Composite Part Forms
• The Rondo
 • Variation Forms
• Fugue
• Sonata Form
• Multimovement form
• Beyond common practice

Methods of Evaluation:

Chapter quizzes and homework: 20%

Attendance: 20%
Midterm 1: 20%
Midterm 2: 20%
Final: 20%

Grading:
Final grades for the course will be distributed as follows: 

A+: 100 - 97 C: 76.9 - 73
A: 96.9- 93 C-: 72.9 - 70
A-: 92.9 - 90 D+: 69.9 - 67
B+: 89.9 - 87 D: 66.9 - 63
B: 86.9 - 83 D-: 62.9 - 60
B-: 82.9 - 80 F: Below 60

C+: 79.9 - 77

Attendance:
Attendance is worth 20% of the grade. No Late Work is accepted. Attendance for
Midterms and Kinals is mandatory. Excused absences require a doctor’s note.

Academic dishonesty
It is assumed that everyone in this class will do his/her own work. Academic
dishonesty will not be tolerated, will be reported, and a failing grade for the
course assigned. Instructor’s and department chair’s signatures are required to
withdraw from class with grade of “W” for serious and compelling reasons,
which must be documented. Poor performance is not an acceptable justiKication.

Please inform the instructor during/after the Kirst class meeting about any
disability or special needs that may affect your performance in the class.
According to California State University Policy, students with disabilities need to
document their disabilities at the OfKice of Disability Support Services.

Tentative Schedule of Instruction

See Titanium for schedule of instruction

The instructor reserves the right to change the syllabus at any time.