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  • 1.00 Credits

    1 unit; 3 hours Lecture; 2 hours Activity Repeatability: May be taken a total of 4 times (with satisfactory progress.) Recommended Preparation: Eligibility for ENGL 100 and READ 100. Study and preparation of professional level materials published from the swing era to present day literature suitable for the large jazz ensemble. Must be able to read music at sight and play an instrument; enrollment by audition only. Transfer Credit: Transfers to CSU. Transfers to UC.
  • 1.00 Credits

    1 unit; 3 hours Lecture; 2 hours Activity Repeatability: May be taken a total of 4 times (with satisfactory progress.) Recommended Preparation: Eligibility for ENGL 100 and READ 100. Study, rehearsal, recording and performance of contemporary big band jazz for advanced brass, wind, and rhythm section players. Enrollment by audition only. Must be able to read music at sight and play an instrument. Transfer Credit: Transfers to CSU. Transfers to UC.
  • 1.00 Credits

    1 unit; 3 hours Lecture; 1 hour Activity Repeatability: May be taken a total of 4 times (with satisfactory progress.) Recommended Preparation: Eligibility for ENGL 100 and READ 100. Rehearsal and performance of guitar music arranged for large and small ensembles. For guitarists who read music. Sight reading, following a conductor, group rehearsals, public performances. Students should have music instruction equivalent to MUS 26A and MUS 26B or MUS 33A and MUS 33B. Transfer Credit: Transfers to CSU. Transfers to UC.
  • 1.00 Credits

    1 unit; 3 hours Lecture; 1 hour Activity Repeatability: May be taken a total of 4 times (with satisfactory progress.) Recommended Preparation: Eligibility for ENGL 100 and READ 100. Study and performance of Baroque through Contemporary wind literature. Students must have the ability to read music at sight and play a wind or a percussion instrument at college level. Proficiency demonstrated by audition. Transfer Credit: Transfers to CSU. Transfers to UC.
  • 1.00 Credits

    1 unit; 3 hours Lecture; 1 hour Activity Repeatability: May be taken a total of 4 times (with satisfactory progress.) Recommended Preparation: Eligibility for ENGL 100 and READ 100. Study and performance of twentieth century band repertoire. Correct playing techniques applicable to the stylistic demands of twentieth century literature. Student must have the ability to read music at sight, play a wind or percussion instrument at college level proficiency which is demonstrated by audition. Transfer Credit: Transfers to CSU. Transfers to UC.
  • 3.00 Credits

    3 units; 3 hours Lecture, 1 hour Laboratory Prerequisite: MUS 2M or equivalent skills. Corequisite: MUS 4. Recommended Preparation: Eligibility for ENGL 100 and READ 100. Develops advanced skills in sight singing and melodic, harmonic and rhythmic dictation continued from either MUS 2M or MUS 3M. Transfer Credit: Transfers to CSU. Transfers to UC.
  • 3.00 Credits

    3 units; 3 hours Lecture, 1 hour Laboratory Recommended Preparation: Eligibility for ENGL 100 and READ 100. Theoretical fundamentals of jazz and related modern music, from rhythmic notation, clefs, and intervals through 13th chords with alterations. Transfer Credit: Transfers to CSU. Transfers to UC.
  • 1.00 Credits

    1 unit; 4 hours Lecture; 1 hour Activity Repeatability: May be taken a total of 4 times (with satisfactory progress.) Recommended Preparation: MUS 24C or equivalent skills; Eligibility for ENGL 100 and READ 100. Rehearsal and performance of compositions written in the jazz idiom for small groups of brass, wind and rhythm section players. Emphasis on chord progression analysis, solo devices, and improvisation. Audition required. Transfer Credit: Transfers to CSU. Transfers to UC.
  • 1.00 Credits

    1 unit; 3 hours Lecture, 1 hour Laboratory Repeatability: May be taken a total of 2 times. Recommended Preparation: Eligibility for ENGL 100 and READ 100. Introduces technical and musical piano studies for students with little or no experience. Basic hand technique, theory and music reading will be taught as the student learns to play simple pieces with independent hands in classical and popular styles. Transfer Credit: Transfers to CSU. Transfers to UC.
  • 1.00 Credits

    1 unit; 3 hours Lecture, 1 hour Laboratory Repeatability: May be taken a total of 2 times (with satisfactory progress.) Prerequisite: MUS 51A or equivalent skills. Recommended Preparation: Eligibility for ENGL 100 and READ 100. Continues development of piano techniques, with more advanced work on repertory, theory and reading music at the keyboard. Student must be able to play simple pieces with independent hands in classical and popular styles, equivalent to MUS 51A, with an understanding of basic technique, theory and music reading. Transfer Credit: Transfers to CSU. Transfers to UC.
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