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  • 1.00 Credits

    Develops the ability of the musician to visually and aurally perceive fundamentally organized musical events for the purpose of accurately performing and notating them. Focuses on the prominent musical constructs, including all aspects of simple melody, simple harmony and progression and basic rhythm. Prerequisite: MUSC 201 or proficiency equivalence. Corequisite: MUSC 203. Two hours per week.
  • 1.00 Credits

    Develops the ability of the intermediate musician to visually and aurally perceive organized musical events for the purpose of accurately performing and notating them. Melodic materials outline diatonic chords and large functional progressions embellished by light chromaticism. Harmonic study culminates in inverted diatonic seventh chords being contextualized within tonic, dominant preparation and dominant relationships. Rhythmic materials explore such concepts as syncopation in complex compound meters and two-against-three patterns. Prerequisites: MUSC 203 and 311 or proficiency equivalence. Corequisite: MUSC 204. Two hours per week.
  • 1.00 Credits

    Develops the ability of the intermediate musician to visually and aurally perceive complex musical events for the purpose of accurately performing and notating them. Melodic materials explore chromatic alterations within the tonal contexts of the secondary functions and modulation. Harmonic study emphasizes secondary functions and modulations to closely related keys. Meter changes, simple metric modulations and simple polyrhythms are considered. Prerequisites: MUSC 204 and 312 or proficiency equivalence. Corequisite: MUSC 303. Two hours per week.
  • 1.00 Credits

    Develops the ability of the advanced musician to visually and aurally perceive complex musical events for the purpose of accurately performing and notating them. Melodic materials involve advanced chromaticism., modulations and intervals, as well as modal idioms. Harmonic study culminates in high ly chromatic progressions involving secondary leading-tone, Neapolitan and augmented-sixth chords. Rhythmic materials incorporated advanced tulpets, meters with unequal beats, complex meter changes and tempo modulation. Prerequisites: MUSC 303 and 313 or proficiency equivalence. Corequisite: MUSC 304. Two hours per week.
  • 4.00 Credits

    Analysis and discussion of a particular past or contemporary musical style, compositional or analytical techniques, composer or aspect of music. May be used as an upper-level music theory requirement for the music major. May be repeated three times for degree credit under different course titles. Prerequisite: MUSC 201 or permission of instructor. Three hours per week with enhancement.
  • 4.00 Credits

    Special topics course. Studies and discussion of a particular past or contemporary period or aspect of music literature. Such topics may include world music, folk music, jazz, rock, blues and modern music. May be used as an upper-level music literature requirement for the music major. May be taken three times under different course titles. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IIIA or IIIC (Prior to Fall 2008: IB).
  • 3.00 Credits

    Designed to address the physiological and psychological issues that are encountered by all types of performers. Specific issues concerning injury/illness, wellness concepts, practice techniques and performance preparation will be examined. The course addresses all students who need pedagogical help with performance preparation, regardless of instrument. Open to all students in the area of music, acting, musical theatre, sports, dance and public speaking. Three hours per week. Meets General Education IIIA or IIIC (Prior to Fall 2008: IB).
  • 4.00 Credits

    Comprehensive study of the piano and its predecessors. Traces the history of keyboard instruments, emphasizing the ways in which the development of the instruments interacted with the development of keyboard literature and performance practices. Includes familiarization with the principal keyboard composers, performers and instrument makers from earliest times to the present. Examine the history of piano technique, piano pedagogy and how it relates to the development of the piano and its literature. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Three hours per week with enhancement.
  • 2.00 Credits

    Continues MUSC 310 with review and refinement of skills in conducting. Students develop a common language in which cognitive understanding and psychomotor skills can be aesthetically communicated to an ensemble via the conducting gesture. Prerequisite: MUSC 310. Two hours per week.
  • 4.00 Credits

    Surveys the diverse history, interpretation and poetic content of Italian, French, German and English/American art song (including folk songs and spirituals) from the Renaissance to the present. Includes text and musical analysis of representative works with emphasis on compositional styles and performance practices. Performance and pedagogical components including the mastering of art song recital programming. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Three hours per week with enhancement.
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