Courses Offered in Fall 2026 (115AY 1S)

Course Overview and Objectives

1. This course primarily aims to help students establish fundamental concepts in music analysis, while integrating basic knowledge of music theory and developing analytical skills.
2. The course is designed on the basis of Western tonal music, with particular emphasis on the analysis of Western tonal music from 1700 to 1900.
3. The course has the following two objectives:
   1. To study the formal structure of musical works and the expansion and prolongation of tonal harmony from both macro- and micro-level perspectives.
   2. To understand the hierarchical concept through which the content of tonal music is expressed, and to learn how to produce formal diagrams and sketches of reduction analysis for harmonic progression.

In addition to the two learning objectives above, this course places special emphasis on the practical application of the analytical methods and techniques learned in class to the analysis of musical works.

Course Overview and Objectives

This course explores tonal-harmonic works from the Western Classical to Romantic periods, with a primary focus on short piano pieces. The course centers on the application of tonal harmony theory, including the foundations of sonority construction, chord functions, and overall structure. It guides students to understand the relationship among observation, analysis, and interpretation, so that they may apply these skills to their own fields, including composition, performance interpretation, and academic research.

The course content explains the logic and aesthetic concepts underlying music theory, while also selecting multiple works for independent study and analysis in order to understand the theoretical foundations that support them. Before the end of the semester, students are required to select one work, write an analytical discussion, and present it for class discussion, thereby examining the validity of their own understanding, interpretation, and argumentation regarding the work.