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3.00 Credits
Overview of the music industry including copyright law, publishing, contracts, management, licensing, and merchandising. Students gain an overall understanding of the people, technologies, and laws that affect all aspects of the music business, culminating in a discussion of career opportunities. 3 lecture hours
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: MUS 105 or permission of department Corequisite: MUS 167 Topics include more advanced chord construction, figured bass, harmonic analysis, the principles and procedures of four-part writing emphasizing the primary triads and their inversions, as well as non-harmonic tones. Reinforced through ear training and sight singing. [Spring offering] 2 lecture/2 laboratory hours
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: MUS 127 Corequisite: MUS 168 Completion of the diatonic system. Harmonic principles and procedures introduced in MUS 127 are expanded to include application to the supertonic, leading tone, mediant and submediant harmonies in both triad and seventh chord form. Introduces more advanced part-writing, as well as harmonic and structural analysis of 18th and 19th century repertoire. Reinforced through aural skills training and keyboard harmony. [Fall offering] 2 lecture/2 laboratory hours
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1.00 Credits
Opportunity to learn to play the guitar; no previous experience necessary. Covers basic chords, song accompaniment, music reading, and pertinent music forms. Some acoustic guitars are available for student use in class. 1 lecture/1 laboratory hour
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ability to play an instrument and to read musical notation (MUS 151 and MUS 152 need not be taken in sequence.) Introductory-level course emphasizing use of the Mixolydian mode and the blues scale as applied to the dominant 7th family chords. Explores the twelve-bar blues and related forms as vehicles for improvisation with an emphasis on swing and funk rhythms. 1 lecture/2 laboratory hours
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ability to play an instrument and to read musical notation (MUS 152 may be taken before MUS 151.) Introductory-level course presenting the conceptual and practical rudiments of the jazz language by focusing on two modes, Ionian and Dorian, as they apply to the major and minor families of chords, respectively. Emphasizes Latino idioms and rhythms. 1 lecture/2 laboratory hours
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3.00 Credits
Study of the evolution of jazz and blues from their origins in West African music and dance to their development as major 20th century art forms. Examines the significant stylistic phases of jazz from early blues and ragtime through swing and be-bop to avant garde and fusion. Also explores the impact of the African American tradition on contemporary rock and pop music. 3 lecture hours
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3.00 Credits
Analytical and historical survey of American popular music with an emphasis on the period from 1950 to the present. Students develop an understanding of the cultural, social, technological, and musical forces shaping each decade covered. Students apply critical analysis to musical styles, instrumentation, and song structure in addition to issues of race, ethnicity, social class, and gender as formative factors influencing its evolution. 3 lecture hours
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1.00 Credits
Corequisite: MUS 127 Progressive exercises in sight singing, ear training in the form of melodic, rhythmic and harmonic dictation, as well as the practice of keyboard harmony. Emphasis on diatonic materials and the primary triads. Coordinated with conceptual materials presented in MUS 127. 2 laboratory hours
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisites: MUS 127, MUS 167 Corequisite: MUS 128 Continuation of studies begun in MUS 167 with more advanced exercises in sight singing, ear training and keyboard harmony as well as expanded use of the diatonic system including all diatonic triads. Coordinated with conceptual materials presented in MUS 128. 2 laboratory hours
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