Spring 2027

Musica Practica 4

Musica Practica 4 covers advanced strategies for composing, understanding, and writing about music, including atonal set theory and electronic music.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Michael Weinstein

Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.88 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.84 GPA, 84.2% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.82 GPA, 90.0% A/AB (n=30 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Write and harmonize short melodies using chords of the upper partials.

  • Describe the character and function of different scales and modes used by some composers of the 20th century.

  • Analyze atonal music using set theory.

  • Describe the experience of listening to electronic music in light of their increasing knowledge of its construction.

  • Compose short pop songs.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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MUSIC 221 and concurrent enrollment inMUSIC 272

MUSIC 222 used by

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Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 3.83 GPA, 86.7% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.88 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.82 GPA, 90.0% A/AB (n=30 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

MICHAEL WEINSTEIN is recorded teaching in Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 320
DIS 301Classroom Instruction0 / 320

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.88 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.84 GPA, 84.2% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.82 GPA, 90.0% A/AB (n=30 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Music composition and analysis
  • Atonal set theory
  • Electronic music construction

Skills

  • Harmonizing melodies using upper partials
  • Describing 20th-century scales and modes
  • Analyzing atonal music with set theory
  • Composing short pop songs

Grades

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About this comparison

1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

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MUSIC 222 · Spring 2027

Musica Practica 4

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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