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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor Offered: Typically Fall and Spring terms Open to all Berea College students; membership is gained by audition and demonstrated ability to sight read. Regular attendance at all rehearsals and performances is required. Meets twice weekly, performs at several College functions and in concert. Students may have to cover the costs of formal footwear. Membership in Wind Ensemble is a prerequisite to Stage Band membership. May be repeated for credit. 1/4 Course Credit
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor Offered: Typically Fall and Spring terms Open to all Berea students, this ensemble specializes in the performance of African-American sacred music, particularly spirituals and gospel music. The ensemble meets twice weekly for one-and-one-half hours. Regular attendance is required at all rehearsals and performances including annual Fall and Spring concerts, as well as several other programs each term. Membership by permission of instructor after audition. May be repeated for credit. Course Fee: $15 (for transportation and robe cleaning). 1/4 Course Credit
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Determined by instructor Offered: Typically as student interest and faculty availability allow A course designed to meet the particular interests of student and faculty. Topics vary from year to year. See course description in the "Schedule of Classes." 1/2 to 1 Course Credit
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3.00 Credits
Offered: Typically as student interest and faculty availability allow A study of one or more of the arts, or of a particular medium, in a cultural, cross-cultural, or historical context. Attention will be given to form, structure, style, and other critical considerations. The course will have a research component. The primary focus of this course is the enhancement of the joy of listening to music through the development of music-listening skills in the framework of perceiving and understanding musical information. Emphasis on the attentive style of listening, the elements of music, and the variety of musical styles will be the three areas used to develop such a framework. Arts Perspective. NOTE: Noncredit for students who completed this course as GSTR 209. 1 Course Credit
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor Offered: Typically every Fall Term Beginning a four-term sequence of courses in the theoretical approach to music, this is a study of the properties of sound, the overtone series, symbols of notation, rhythm, intervals, scales, and key signatures. Harmonic studies include triads and their inversions, phrase structure and cadences, and harmonic progressions. The course will focus on playing major and minor scales, all triad types and their inversions, and basic chord progres?sions using primary triads. Two class periods per week plus a keyboard lab. Usually taken in conjunction with MUS 221. NOTE: Noncredit for students who completed MUS 120. 1/2 Course Credit
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor Offered: Typically every Fall Term The relationship between the printed musical symbol and its auditory representation. The "musical ear" is developed through the sight-singing of simple melodies, intervals, scales, and rhythmic patterns. Brief exercises in melodic and rhythmic dictation and conducting patterns. Three periods per week. Usually taken in conjunction with MUS 220 (formerly 120). NOTE: Noncredit for students who completed MUS 312. 1/2 Course Credit
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
Prerequisite: MUS 220 (formerly 120) Offered: Typically every Spring Term Continuation of MUS 220. The study of non-harmonic tones, seventh chords, modulation, the four-part chorale style, and keyboard style. Music forms, introductory counterpoint, and analysis of works from music literature. Playing basic chord progressions using the secondary as well as primary triads, harmonizing simple melodies, simple transposition, and basic harmonic progressions in four parts. Two class periods per week plus a keyboard lab. Usually taken in conjunction with MUS 223 (formerly 313). NOTE: Noncredit for students who completed MUS 121. 1/2 Course Credit
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
Prerequisite: MUS 221 (formerly 121) Offered: Typically every Spring Term Continuation of MUS 221. Further studies in sight-singing; melodic and rhythmic dictation; harmonic backgrounds and part-singing; syncopation; and beginning harmonic dictation. Three periods per week. Usually taken in conjunction with MUS 222 (formerly 312). NOTE: Noncredit for students who completed MUS 313. 1/2 Course Credit
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1.00 Credits
Offered: Typically as student interest and faculty availability allow An introduction to the music that has been, and is, an important part of the culture of the Southern Appalachian region. Specific musical elements will be discussed in relation to ballads and songs, instrumental music, bluegrass, country, and various types of religious music. The importance of the region's music and musicians in the development of country and popular music in America is treated. Three periods per week. Arts Perspective and African Americans', Appalachians', and Women's Perspective. 1 Course Credit
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisite: GSTR 110 Offered: Typically every Spring Term (next offered term yet to be determined) The study of African-American music and musicians within the general framework of American society, tracing the development of the music from its African origins to its impact upon and fusion with American music and culture. Although the main focus will be placed upon music indigenous to African-American culture, study will encompass significant African-American musicians in the European classical music tradition. Arts Perspective and African Americans', Appalachians', Women's Perspective. 1 Course Credit
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