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2.00 Credits
1 hour lecture, 2 hours lecture/lab per week Prerequisite(s): MUS 121D or consent of instructor. MUS 122D focuses on basic principles of classical guitar performance. Upon successful completion of MUS 122D, the student should be able to: Demonstrate basic playing skills: major scales, arpeggios, etudes/exercises on an intermediate level. Demonstrate ability to play accompaniments and solo songs. Demonstrate an ability to perform elementary solo and ensemble literature in a public recital. Demonstrate an understanding of more advanced notation and style interpretation.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours lecture per week MUS 170 is an introductory class in understanding music as a therapeutic tool, both as an arts therapy profession, and as a process integrated into other health care fields. Students will explore the diverse applications and approaches to the therapeutic power of music, personally, professionally, clinically, scientifically, experientially and educationally. The course will include active music making, musical skill development, extensive media, and weekly readings. Upon successful completion of MUS 170, the student should be able to: Identify the nature of music therapy and its role in health care. Identify and describe the variety populations served by music therapy and other related music fields. 5 Describe and interpret the human responses to music. Describe the pathways of music between different parts of the brain and the human response to music. Identify and interpret the historical development of music and sound therapy. Define basic terminology used in music therapy and related creative arts therapy fields. Demonstrate basic musical skills (instrumentally and vocally) applicable for therapeutic purposes.
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2.00 Credits
4 hours lecture/lab per week Prerequisite(s): MUS 108 with a grade of "C" or higher or consent of instructor. MUS 180 is an introductory course using the basic concepts of music notation and reading for sight-singing and dictation which includes the recognition of intervals and tonal orientation. This course is designed for potential music majors with limited background in reading and sight-singing as well as for others interested in learning to read music and transcribing sound to notation. Upon successful completion of MUS 180, the student should be able to: Transcribe intervals accurately. Transcribe rhythmic patterns in both simple and compound meters. Transcribe simple melodies, including the rhythms used. Sight-read (sing) simple melodies.
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2.00 Credits
3 hours lecture/lab per week Prerequisite(s): MUS 122C. Recommended Preparation: MUS 108 or MUS 253. Comment: MUS 183 is repeatable for a maximum of six credits. MUS 183 is a course designed to prepare students for the rudiments of how to play the piano by ear, as well as learn the basics for improvisation at the keyboard. Upon successful completion of MUS 183, the student should be able to: Transcribe and identify intervals (within an octave, both ascending and descending forms) accurately. Transcribe rhythmic patterns in both simple and in compound meters. Transcribe simple melodies, including rhythm used. Play-back at the keyboard a series of melodic patterns that the instructor will highlight, demonstrate, and drill in class. Sight-read (sing) simple melodies and rhythms. Demonstrate and apply basic music theoretical components of Western Music notation, major and minor scales, key signatures, chords and chord symbols, and chord progressions. Improvise to various rhythmic and melodic patterns given in class. Transcribe a small individual project by ear, as well as transcribe one portion of the class group project (melody/ rhythm of a section, etc.).
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2.00 Credits
1 hour lecture, 2 hours lecture/lab per week Prerequisite(s): Audition or consent of instructor. MUS 201 is a performance-oriented course for all students interested in singing in a small ensemble. The selected repertoire is drawn from a range of classical, popular (jazz, musical theatre), and Polynesian/ethnic choral literature. Rehearsal and performing practices as well as intermediate music reading are included in the course of study. An extra-curricular concert is scheduled at the end of the semester. Previous choral experience is helpful but not required. Upon successful completion of MUS 201, the student should be able to: Identify and give examples of the repertoire presented. Give examples of a more advanced knowledge of basic vocal technique. Identify and list the problems of performance encountered in a variety of physical settings. Give examples of performance etiquette, including behavior expectations prior to and after performances. Perform at a more advanced level of ensemble singing in terms of musicianship and performance practice. 6
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3.00 Credits
6 hours lecture/lab per week Prerequisite(s): Credit or concurrent enrollment in MUS 221C; credit or concurrent enrollment in MUS 222C. Recommended Preparation: Two years of piano experience; some knowledge of synthesizers. Comment: MUS 206 is repeatable for a maximum of six credits. MUS 206 offers rehearsals and performances of the Synthesizer Ensemble. Utilizes an assortment of computerized synthesizers and modules. Exposure to classical, pop, jazz, new age, and contemporary music, with a focus on the dichotomy of classical repertoire infused with contemporary synthesized techniques and patches in variation form. Student must have own equipment. Upon successful completion of MUS 206, the student should be able to: Demonstrate skill in various techniques of playing the synthesizer: including the use of modulation and pitch wheels, MIDI connections, smooth patch changes and occasional patch editing. Demonstrate knowledge of path strengths/weaknesses among the various synthesizers in the set-up for optimal sound capabilities and comparisons. Demonstrate ability to shade dynamics and phrasing to enhance musicality. Perform at least one keyboard solo by memory, using pitch and/or modulation wheels. Demonstrate ability to arrange parts for ensemble for the variation form studied, incorporating varied styles of music from classical to contemporary. Demonstrate increased aural skills as the result of working out individual parts by ear from tape/CD. Demonstrate ability to memorize expanding repertoire.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours lecture per week MUS 207 is an introductory course on the music of the Pacific island cultures including those of Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia. In each island study, the musical concepts, performance contents, and cultural processes will be surveyed and analyzed through aural and visual classroom activities. Upon successful completion of MUS 207, the student should be able to: Identify and discuss the role of music in Pacific cultures. Describe the distinctive aural features of a variety of music traditions. Define and give examples of the validity of music traditions beyond one's own music culture.
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2.00 Credits
1 hour lecture, 2 hours lecture/lab per week Prerequisite(s): MUS 122B with a grade of "C" or higher or consent of instructor. MUS 221B is the third in a three-semester sequence in developing solo voice as a class. Students will enhance their vocal performance skills on an advanced intermediate level through the selected repertoire which includes musical theater scenes and/or opera scenes. Upon successful completion of MUS 221B, the student should be able to: Discern and demonstrate range, good intonation and tone production using proper and vocal techniques on an advanced intermediate level. Perform at an advanced intermediate level of musicianship. Give examples of advanced body technique and awareness necessary for good vocal tone production. Define and distinguish between vocal and dramatic interpretation used in musical theater and opera scene work. Identify and give examples of repertoire ranging from classical to modern vocal literature. Perform and participate with growing confidence in public performances.
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2.00 Credits
1 hour lecture, 2 hours lecture/lab per week Prerequisite(s): MUS 122C or consent of instructor. MUS 221C is the third in a four-semester sequence in learning to play the piano. Utilizes electronic piano lab. Practice facilities available on weekdays. 7 Upon successful completion of MUS 221C, the student should be able to: Play third level repertoire on a level with Clementi Sonatinas or easier Chopin Preludes. Play the major scales in flats, two hands/two octaves. Play an elementary harmonization from chord symbols. Participate with growing confidence in a public performance.
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2.00 Credits
1 hour lecture, 2 hours lecture/lab per week Prerequisite(s): MUS 122D or consent of instructor. MUS 221D is a continuation of MUS 122D Guitar II. The third in a three-semester sequence in guitar performance. Upon successful completion of MUS 221D, the student should be able to: Demonstrate advanced playing skills: Major/Minor Scales in moveable positions across the entire fingerboard beginning on the 5th and 6th strings, Arpeggios, Etudes/Exercises on an advanced level. Play third level repertoire on a level with Guiliani, Carassi, Carulli, and Fernando Sor studies. Play intermediate to advanced accompaniments of folk/ popular songs from intermediate/advanced harmonization chord symbols. Perform intermediate/advanced arrangements and transcriptions of guitar ensemble music for more then two guitars. Demonstrate an understanding of advanced notation and style interpretation. Participate with growing confidence in public performances.
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