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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
(3.0 Units) (Prerequisite: Music 106 or Music 111. Three lecture hours and one laboratory hour weekly.) This course includes guided listening and discussions, examples in hand, of music masterworks from the beginning of written history to the present. Prerequisite skills required: ability to read treble and bass clef and easy basic rhythms; understanding tonic and dominant relationship, intervals, triads, 7th chords, major and minor scales and key signatures. (CSU/UC) AA/AS Area C, CSU Area C-1, IGETC Area 3A
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3.00 Credits
(3.0 Units) (No prerequisite. Three lecture hours weekly.) A multicultural study of the evolution of American musical styles including blues, salsa, samba, rock, jazz, pop, rhythm and blues, country and folk, with emphasis on the African American, Euro American, and Latin American origins of these contemporary styles, and their historical contexts. (CSU/UC) AA/AS Areas C&G, CSU Area C-1, IGETC Area 3A
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3.00 Credits
(3.0 Units) (No prerequisite. Advisory: Music 163. Three lecture hours weekly.) Designed for anyone interested in acquiring basic music skills for performance, teaching or composition included. Music reading, notation, terminology, piano keyboard, sight singing, ear training, etc. Not open to students who have completed Music 111, 112, 211, or 212. Can also be offered in a distance learning format. (CSU/UC) AA/AS Area C, CSU Area C-1
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4.00 Credits
(4.0 Units) (Prerequisite: Music 106. Corequisites: Music 121, 122, 221, or 222 as determined by standardized placement examination; one major performing ensemble: Music 162, 163, 167, 168, or 169 and class piano: Music 171, 172, 271, or 272. Three lecture and three laboratory hours weekly.) Beginning music theory. Review of scales, key signatures, time signatures, intervals, triads, and seventh chords. Intensive study of four part harmonic progressions including cadences, voice leading and doubling rules, and some nonharmonic tones. (CSU/UC)
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4.00 Credits
(4.0 Units) (Prerequisite: Music 111. Corequisites: Music 122, and 172, unless previously completed, and one major performing ensemble. See Music 111 for details of these corequisites. Three lecture and three laboratory hours weekly.) Continued study of harmonic progressions, focusing on secondary triads, dominant and supertonic sevenths with inversions, modes, counterpoints, etc. (CSU/UC)
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3.00 Credits
(3.0 Units) (Prerequisite: Ability to play or sing all major scales from memory. Corequisite: Enrollment in any performance ensemble. Three lecture hours weekly.) An introduction to jazz improvisation for instrumentalists and vocalists who wish to develop their ability to perform jazz solos. The ability to play or sing all major scales from memory is a prerequisite for this course. Students will learn contemporary harmonic theory, including scales, modes, extended and altered chords and will apply this knowledge to the craft of improvisation. Classroom experience will include playing with a rhythm section and the transcription of representative jazz solos. May be taken twice for credit. (CSU/UC)
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3.00 Credits
(3.0 Units) (No prerequisite. Two lecture and three laboratory hours weekly.) Basic concepts of acoustics, techniques of electronic music synthesis, digital audio, and MIDI. Emphasis on performance/application of these techniques to portable synthesizers and computers. Course includes fundamentals of acoustics, multichannel recording, and editing techniques. Introduction to MIDI digital audio and its computer usage. Supervised "hands-on" practicesessions in addition to required individual lab time. (CSU/UC)
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3.00 Credits
(3.0 Units) (Prerequisite: Music 116. Two lecture and three laboratory hours weekly.) Detailed study of digital recording via MIDI with emphasis on editing, looping, generating sequences, shifting, and quantizing. Continued study of acoustics as related to recording and synthesizer programming included. Performance/application is a requirement. Introduction to composer software. (CSU)
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3.00 Credits
(3.0 Units) (Prerequisite: Music 111. Three lecture hours weekly.) This course includes composing and arranging music for use in media (films, videos, commercials). Four composing projects will include woodwinds, brass, strings, and percussion. All compositions will be played and recorded. May be taken twice for credit. (CSU)
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2.00 Credits
(2.0 Units) (Prerequisite: Music 106. One lecture and three laboratory hours weekly.) The ear training component of the music major package. Instruction includes rhythmic and melodic sight reading; rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic aural perception. Both Music 121 and 122 may be taken twice for credit. (CSU/UC)
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