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3.00 Credits
(formerly MUS 102) 3 units 3 hours weekly Advisory: Eligibility for ENGL 099 and READ 099. This course focuses on the works and contributions of musicians and performers to the general history and evolution of jazz music. The course will survey the historical and cultural complexities that influence the jazz music industry. After a brief survey of European and African influences, the time periods studied will begin in the mid-nineteen-twenties and emphasize jazz musicians and performers through the early twenty-first century. Students may be required to attend live musical performances during the course of the semester. (CSU, UC, AVC)
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3.00 Credits
(formerly MUS 103) 3 units 3 hours weekly Advisory: Eligibility for ENGL 099 and READ 099. This course focuses on the works and contributions of musicians and performers to the gerneral history and evolution of rock music. The course will survey the historical and cultural complexities that influence the rock music industry. The time periods studied begin in the mid-nineteen-forties and emphasize rock musicians and performers through the early twenty-first century. Students will be requried to attend live musical performances during the course of the semester. (CSU, UC, AVC)
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(formerly MUS 104) 3 units 3 hours weekly Advisory: Eligibility for ENGL 099 and READ 099. A class to acquaint students with various professions in the music industry. Music professions which the course will examine include performing, arranging/ composition/publishing, recording, music production, music for radio/television, music criticism, music store employment, music store management and ownership, musician's union employment and regulations, artist representatives, agents and managers, and other music professions as they arise. Professionals from the industry will visit class, and visits will be made to selected businesses/studios. (CSU, AVC)
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3.00 Credits
(formerly MUS 107) 3 units 3 hours weekly Advisory: Eligibility for ENGL 099 and READ 099. This course focuses on the works and contributions of women musicians and performers to the general history and evolution of rock music. The course will survey the historical and cultural complexities that influence the rock music industry and the impact of the industry's expectations for women in rock and how those expectations influenced their works. The time periods studied begin in the mid-forties and emphasize female musicians and performers through the early twenty-first century examining women's roles in the history of rock music. Students will be required to attend two live, musical performances. (CSU, UC, AVC)
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3.00 Credits
(formerly MUS 112) 3 units 3 hours weekly Advisory: Completion of MUS111 or MUS 131. A foundation of music theory underlying c omme r c i a l mu s i c . S amp l e s o f commercial music are used throughout the course as models for discussion and analysis. The course includes the study (written, aural, and performed) of bass and treble clefs, relationships of tonal centers, key signatures, construction and formulas for major, minor, and modal scales; basic rhythmic skills including synocopation; construction of intervals, triads, and seventh chords (and their inversions); and application of the circle of fifths. Special applications include writing form charts, lead sheets, chord charts and transpositions; and playing (at the piano) melodies and chords in all keys from written symbols commonly used amongst commercial musicians. (CSU, AVC)
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3.00 Credits
(formerly MUS 113) 3 units 3 hours weekly Advisory: Completion of any of the following: MUS 111, 131, 151, or MUSC 112. A workshop-formatted course on the elements of writing songs. The course examines the popular song and the technical skills needed to produce quality student writing. Emphasis is on the structural and aesthetic features of song forms as well as the evalution of such, including the standards of professional songwriter's screening services, and the expectations of artist representatives in the music industry. Students will listen to and learn to analyze examples of current popular songs, as well as produce student songs for a critically adept audience. (CSU, AVC) ( R3)
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4.00 Credits
(formerly MUS 122) 2 units 4 hours weekly A course designed to develop singing techniques on stage with and without a microphone. (AVC) ( R3)
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1.00 Credits
(formerly MUS 123, Stage Voice) 1 unit 34 hours total (Summer only) A course designed to develop singing techniques on stage with and without a microphone. (AVC) ( R3)
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3.00 Credits
(formerly MUS 124) 2 units 3 hours weekly Limitation on Enrollment: Ability to play jazz instrument at high school performance level. Audition required. This course provides an introduction to the principles of improvising jazz using scale patterns, chord progressions, and song repertoire. For musicians with a high school background on a standard jazz instrument. (CSU, UC, AVC) ( R3)
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3.00 Credits
(formerly MUS 133) 2 units 3 hours weekly Corequisite: Concurrent enrollment in MUSC 133L. Advisory: Completion of MUS 131, and Eligibility for ENGL 099 and READ 099. Instructional materials fee required for this course and must be paid at registration. A course designed to teach the making of recordings on a computer music workstation. Techniques will include MIDI sequencing, sampling and hard disc recording. (CSU, UC, AVC)
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