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  • 0.50 Credits

    Credits:0.5 credit Prerequisites:None Course Chair:D. Anderson Required of:None Electable by:All Offered:Spring, Fall Description Study of various techniques and tribal styles of American Indian drumming using traditional songs as the repertoire for learning. Teaching style will be hands-on: students will perform on traditional Native American drums and percussion instruments.
  • 1.00 Credits

    Credits:1 credit Prerequisites:ILPH-293, ILPH-357, or by audition Course Chair:D. Anderson Required of:None Electable by:All Offered:Spring, Fall Description Study of the spiritually based drumming of the Lucumi people of Cuba. Development of performance skills through the study of recordings, transcriptions, and videos. Involves singing, chanting, and group performance.
  • 1.00 Credits

    Credits:1 credit Prerequisites:None Course Chair:D. Anderson Required of:ILPH-357 or ILPH-359 is required of hand percussion and drum set principals, PERF total percussion principals, and PROM total percussion principals. This course is not required if ILPH-359 is taken. Electable by:All percussion principals Offered:Spring, Summer, Fall Description A lab for Percussion Department principals focusing on rhythmic techniques and song styles of Cuban and other Afro-Antillean music and their related percussion instruments. Development of performance skills through study of recordings, transcriptions, and supervised ensemble playing. Note: ILPH-359 may be taken instead of this course.
  • 1.00 Credits

    Credits:1 credit Prerequisites:None Course Chair:D. Anderson Required of:ILPH-357 or ILPH-359 is required of hand percussion and drum set principals, PERF total percussion principals, and PROM total percussion principals. This course is not required if ILPH-357 is taken. Electable by:All Offered:Spring, Summer, Fall Description A lab for Percussion Department principals focusing on rhythmic techniques and song styles of Brazilian music and their related percussion instruments. Development of performance skills through study of recordings, transcriptions, and supervised ensemble playing. Note: ILPH-357 may be taken instead of this course.
  • 2.00 Credits

    Credits:1 credit Prerequisites:PSW-335 Course Chair:D. Anderson Required of:None Electable by:All Offered:Spring, Summer, Fall Description This course will allow students who have taken PSW-335 to expand their techniques and knowledge of various world music styles. Spoken rhythms, hand and finger techniques, frame drums, clay drums, tambourines, and any percussive surface instrument will be covered.
  • 1.00 Credits

    Credits:1 credit Prerequisites:ILPH-293 or ILPH-357 Course Chair:D. Anderson Required of:PERF hand percussion principals Electable by:All Offered:Spring, Fall Description Continuation of ILPH-357 and ILPH-359. Development of more advanced techniques and concepts through deeper examination of evolution and derivations of the rhythmic styles. Intended course outcomes include performance-level group playing and improvisation as well as soloing.
  • 1.00 Credits

    Credits:1 credit Prerequisites:ILPH-357 Course Chair:D. Anderson Required of:Hand percussion principals Electable by:All percussion principals Offered:Fall Description A study of traditional or indigenous Afro/Latin rhythmic concepts and their application to contemporary musical forms. Expanded concepts of technique as it relates to this study and to related instruments. Emphasis on performance with traditional instruments and rhythmic concepts in nontraditional music.
  • 1.00 Credits

    Credits:1 credit Prerequisites:None Course Chair:D. Anderson Required of:None Electable by:All percussion principals Offered:Spring, Summer, Fall Description A study of steelpan performance techniques designed for Percussion Department principals. Skills development will include the sticking techniques required for steelpan players, rhythmic patterns, scale-learning methods on the instrument, and general performance techniques.
  • 5.00 Credits

    Credits:.5 credit Prerequisites:ILPH-351, ILPH-357, or ILPH-359 Course Chair:D. Anderson Required of:None Electable by:Drum set, hand percussion, and total percussion principals Offered:Spring, Fall Description With emphasis on r&b, rock/funk, swing, motown, and pop styles, this course explores the study of small hand percussion: tambourine, shakers, cowbells, and cabasa, as well as congas, bongos, and timbales, individually as well as in combination with each other to form multiple percussion setups. Transitions, groove building, and coordination techniques will be analyzed in class. Chart reading and interpretation, as well as some transcription techniques, will be covered throughout the semester. Knowledge of basic conga techniques is strongly recommended.
  • 1.00 Credits

    Credits:1 credit Prerequisites:ILPH-351 Course Chair:D. Anderson Required of:PERF hand percussion principals Electable by:All percussion principals Offered:Spring, Fall Description An intensive study of West African drumming styles from the Susu, Malinke, and Bagba people of Guinea, West Africa. Class format will include hand drumming techniques for the djembe and stick patterns on the dununs (bass drums). All material covered will be taught orally by the instructor along with video presentations. Repertoire will include Yankadi, Makuru, Kuku, and Sinte. Authentic instruments will be provided.
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