MUSC 1160 - Music Theory and Design

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Minneapolis Community and Technical College

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Description:

3.00 credits (2.00 lec/1.00 lab) This course completes the survey of materials begun in MUSC 1150. Students will continue study of the major components of the tonal music system as it applies to Western classical and pop music: chord inversions and sevenths, part-writing, guitar symbols, progressions, and harmonic analysis. They will also explore modes, the blues and nontonal music; begin to train their ears to recognize performed pitches, rhythms, and intervals and to write them as notation; and gain a general understanding of the nature of artistic form and design in sound. Fulfills MnTC Goal Area 6. Prerequisite: MUSC 1150.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.minneapolis.edu

Phone Number:

(612) 659-6000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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