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4.00 Credits
Jazz will be presented from its African origins through the progressive jazz era of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Styles and performance practices of the various periods of jazz will be examined. Three days per week.
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4.00 Credits
A study of the basic styles of sounded and written music, including clefs, basic keyboard, conventions of notation, pitches, rhythm and meter, and major and minor scales and keys. Students develop recognition and reproduction of these materials by sight and sound. Two days per week, plus one laboratory. Prerequisite: Music 088 or placement by diagnostic exam. Credit: Two semester hours.
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4.00 Credits
A continuation of the study begun in Music 188. Additional materials include intervals, melodic dictation, triads and their harmonic functions within a key, and four-part vocal texture. Students develop recognition and reproduction of these materials by sight and sound. Two days per week, plus one laboratory. Prerequisite: Music 188 or placement by diagnostic exam. Two semester hours of credit.
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1.00 Credits
Individual instruction for students at the beginning through the intermediate levels; no minimum level of repertoire required. Expectations of daily practice and improvement will be established by each applied instructor. Students should expect to spend twice as much time in preparation for one-hour lessons as they would for half-hour lessons. Subsequent registrations on the same instrument may be at any level, subject to the approval of the instructor or the applied coordinator. These applied courses may not be taken Credit/No Credit. For specific course numbers designated for different instruments see "Applied Music Course Numbers" at the end of the departmental courses. The fee and refund policy for these applied lessons is listed under "Student Charges and Terms of Payment," "Explanation of Fees," and "Studio Instruction in Music." Credit: Section 1, one semester hour: weekly half-hour lessons; Section 2, two semester hours: weekly one-hour les
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4.00 Credits
Analysis and performance of basic, familiar jazz forms and devices. Materials are chosen to complement and improve the level of each student. Recordings and solos of master players are analyzed, transcribed and performed. The class becomes a small jazz combo in which the students apply the techniques discussed. Three days per week. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
An extensive survey of music from the pre-Classic, Classic, and Romantic eras, beginning with the music of Domenico Scarlatti and concluding with the Impressionism of Claude Debussy. The course explores the historical sequence and the cultural contexts in which the various styles developed. Students undertake intensive audible and visual score study as well as readings from a variety of sources. Special emphasis is placed on the transitions between eras. Three days per week. Prerequisites: Music 184 and Music 188 or placement by diagnostic exam. Credit: Four semester hours.
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4.00 Credits
An expansion of material studied in Music 189, using four-part vocal texture. Additional materials include: diatonic harmonic functions in all keys, singing melodies at sight, harmonic dictation, harmonic analysis of musical examples, compositional exercises, non-chordal tones, and seventh chords from within one key. This course introduces additional pitches not available in any one key and methods of changing keys. Students develop recognition and reproduction of these materials by sight and sound. Prerequisite: Music 189 or satisfactory score on diagnostic exam. Three days per week, plus one laboratory.
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4.00 Credits
A continuation of material studied in Music 288. Additional materials include using tones from outside a key, mixing materials from major and minor keys, more complex ways of changing keys, methods of obscuring a clear key identity, scales other than major and minor, and more complex chords. The focus is on those deviations for the Major-Minor key system that led to the musical environment at the beginning of the 20th century. The course includes an introduction to 20th-century materials, including exotic scales, complex chord structures, and parallelism. Students develop recognition and reproduction of these materials by sight and sound. Prerequisite: Music 288 or satisfactory score on diagnostic exam. Three days per week, plus one laboratory.
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4.00 Credits
A survey of advanced skills in ear training, sight singing, keyboard harmony, and rhythm; continues studies begun in Music 188, 189, 288, and 289.?Two days per week.?Prerequisite:?Music 289.?Credit: Two semester hours.? Offered only on a Credit/No Credit basis.
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1.00 Credits
Individual instruction for students at the advanced level. A minimum level of repertoire difficulty is required as is attendance at weekly performance seminars. Specific details on the repertoire requirement for each instrument are on file in the Music Department office. Expectations of daily practice and improvement will be established by each applied instructor. Students should expect to spend twice as much time in preparation for one-hour lessons as they would for half-hour lessons. Normal progress in repertoire and technique is expected in subsequent registration at this level. Attending performance seminars is required. The fee and refund policy for these applied lessons is listed under "Student Charges and Terms of Payment," "Explanation of Fees," and "Studio Instruction in Music." These applied courses may not be taken Credit/No Credit. For specific course numbers designated for different instruments see "Applied Music Course Numbers" at the end of the departmental courses. Credit: Section 1, two semester hours: weekly half-hour lessons; Section 2, three semester hours: weekly one-hour les
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