MUSC1119 (Fundamentals of Western Music Theory) course reviews and ratings at Northeastern (NEU). Average rating 2.7/5. Compare professors with RateMyProfessor reviews.
Introduces students with little or no musical experience to all the major and minor key signatures and the following scales: major, natural minor, harmonic minor, and melodic minor. Topics include how to read music in treble clef, bass clef, and various C-clefs; how to identify and construct intervals, triads, and seventh chords; how melody and harmony work together to create a piece of music; roman numeral analyses; and various small forms. Short excerpts are analyzed, and students are required to write musical compositions.
Data updated October 2026.