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3.00 Credits
The instrumental organizations emphasize the development of musicianship and an expanding knowledge of musical literature. Each organization meets for an average of three hours' rehearsal every week. Opportunities are provided for all groups to perform on and off campus throughout the year. Instrumental groups, offered when demand is sufficient, include Symphony, Orchestra, Jazz Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, String Band, and Wind Ensemble. Admission is by permission of instructor following audition (audition times for any given ensemble are given in the Master Schedule of classes); special registration procedures are handled by the School of Performing Arts. (May be repeated for credit. A maximum of eight semester hours of MUSC160 and MUSC165 combined, may be applied to a degree.) Credits: 1(0-3)
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
An intensive semester designed to provide the student with traditional techniques of accompanying folk songs on the six-string guitar. Instruction is adapted to beginners, and no previous experience is necessary. Graded on a S/U basis. Credits: 1(0-3) Offered every fall
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3.00 Credits
Elementary training in the melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic elements of music. Terminology and musical examples will be presented in analytical, compositional, perceptual, critical, and performing contexts. Prerequisites: An ability to read music fluently. Credits: 3(3-0) Offered every fall
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3.00 Credits
A continuation of MUSC2l0. Emphasis is placed upon exercises and composition for both voices and instruments in a wider variety of textures, and styles than in MUSC2l0. The course includes an introduction to the basic elements of musical form. Prerequisites: MUSC2l0. Credits: 3(3-0) Offered every spring
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3.00 Credits
Training at the elementary level in dictation, sight singing, and keyboard harmony. Performance activities will focus on intervals, triads and seventh chords, diatonic melodies, rhythms without syncopation, and basic diatonic keyboard patterns played from Roman numerals and popular symbols. Prerequisites: MUSC210; 2 semesters of MUSC140 or demonstrated proficiency at the level of 2 semesters of MUSC140. Credits: 2(1-2) Offered every spring
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
An examination of basic principles of dramatic construction that more or less determine ways in which stories may be presented through various mixtures of narrative prose, lyric poetry, music, dance, and scenery. Aristotle's principles of tragic drama form the foundation of that examination for purposes of artistic analysis and criticism. Examples of stage musicals that exhibit a variety of formal origins and presentational styles will be drawn from the repertory available in video format. Attendance at representative performances will be required. Credits: 3(3- 0) Offered every spring
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3.00 Credits
A study of music in the history of Western civilization to 1750. Emphasis is placed not only upon the evolutional development of music as an art but also upon its relationship to the political, economic, and cultural conditions of the various historical periods. (Attendance at musical performances may be required.) Prerequisites: MUSC110 or MUSC210 or an equivalent background in music theory. Credits: 3(3-0) Offered every fall
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3.00 Credits
A study of music in the history of Western civilization from 1750 to the present, considered within the context of the political, social, and cultural conditions of the various historical periods. Emphasis will be placed not only on stylistic developments within the field of music, but also on interrelationships between music, art, and literature. Listening to, analyzing, and discussing representative compositions will be central to the course. (Attendance at musical performances will be required.) Prerequisites: MUSC110 or MUSC210 or an equivalent background in music theory. Credits: 3(3-0) Offered every spring
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
A survey of folk music and related folklore in the United States and Canada. Explores the historical development of traditional song types and styles, instrumental folk music, and folk instruments. The main emphasis is on folk music in the Anglo-American and African-American traditions. Other population groups (e.g., French, Hispanic, German, Slavic and Asian-American) are studied for their influences on this music and for their current importance in an overall view of American folk music. (Attendance at representative musical performances will be required.) Credits: 3(3-0) Offered fall, odd years
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3.00 Credits
A continuation of MUSCl40. (May be repeated for credit.) Prerequisites: two semesters of MUSCl40 or their equivalent and permission of instructor. Credits: 1(0-3)
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