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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: MUS 142 or passing equivalency test This is a continuation of the study of the harmonic system used in all music composed from 1650 to 1900 and still in use in many areas of music composition today. Important topics include devices of modulation, binary and ternary, and 12 bar blues musical forms and application of part writing procedures to instrumental music. Particular attention will be paid to the nature and functions of diatonic seventh chords, secondary dominants, borrowed chords and Neopolitan chords. Students will work with keyboard harmony exercises of increasing difficulty. Selected software programs will enhance student skills and understanding. 3 hrs./wk.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: MUS 143 or passing equivalency test Harmony IV is a continuation of the study of the harmonic practices of tonal music and introduction to 20th-century harmony. Topics include augmented sixth chords, enharmonic modulation, and advanced chromatic harmonies. An introduction to 20th-Century harmonic organization includes extended tertian harmony, modal harmony, parallelism, pandiatonicism, atonality, serialism, and aleatory music. Students will work with keyboard harmony exercises of increasing difficulty. Selected software programs will enhance student skills and understanding. 3 hrs./wk.
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Audition required Choral ensembles are open to participation by the student body. Choral experience or skill is desired in some ensembles but not in others. The ensemble will learn a varied body of choral materials from the choral traditions of both past and present, performing at student and community activities. The literature will be specific to the nature of the group and the skills of the students involved. 3 hrs./wk.
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisites: MUS 151 and audition required Choral ensembles are open to participation by the student body. Choral experience or skill is desired in some ensembles but not in others. The ensemble will learn a varied body of choral materials from the choral traditions of both past and present, performing at student and community activities. The literature will be specific to the nature of the group and the skills of the students involved. 3 hrs./wk.
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisites: MUS 152 and audition required Choral ensembles are open to participation by the student body. Choral experience or skill is desired in some ensembles but not in others. The ensemble will learn a varied body of choral materials from the choral traditions of both past and present, performing at student and community activities. The literature will be specific to the nature of the group and the skills of the students involved. 3 hrs./wk.
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisites: MUS 153 and audition required Choral ensembles are open to participation by the student body. Choral experience or skill is desired in some ensembles but not in others. The ensemble will learn a varied body of choral materials from the choral traditions of both past and present, performing at student and community activities. The literature will be specific to the nature of the group and the skills of the students involved. 3 hrs./wk.
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3.00 Credits
MIDI Music Composition I is designed to create a technical and conceptual foundation for further studies in electronic music. Students will learn and demonstrate basic compositional techniques, including form, melody, rhythm and harmony. Also, the student will demonstrate the ability to use computers and software to create and perform music. Emphasis will be on developing skills appropriate to the beginning student for the purpose of creative and technical expression. 2 hrs. lecture, 2 hrs. lab/wk.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: MUS 156 Introduction to Digital Audio is designed to further develop skills acquired in MIDI Music Composition I. Students will practice using ProTools digital audio software, combined with a digital audio interface to record, edit and play back music. Students will be introduced to basic concepts of sound, and common audio effects, including reverb, delay and compression. Students will also further develop their compositional skills through demonstration and practice, and create audio recordings of their music. 2 hrs. lecture, 2 hrs. lab/wk.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: MUS 157 This course is designed to develop both the creative abilities and technical skills needed to produce music using modern digital recording techniques and equipment. Students will acquire an increased proficiency with the operation of ProTools, the industry standard digital audio software, and the corresponding digital audio hardware. Students will demonstrate knowledge of microphone types and techniques by conducting simple recording sessions, from set-up to final mix. 3 hrs. lecture, 2 hrs. lab/wk.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisites: MUS 158 This course is designed for the student interested in the continued development of the creative abilities and technical skills needed to produce music using modern digital recording techniques and equipment. Students will understand simple copyright types and procedures, and create an itemized budget to establish a digital project studio. Students will demonstrate advanced knowledge of ProTools, and apply final mastering techniques in order to compile a portfolio of original music for personal, academic or professional purposes. 3 lecture, 2 hrs. lab/wk.
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