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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course considers how music has functioned in human societies around the world and also historically across time. Students will examine music in the context of religion, court traditions, dancing, entertainment, and theatrical presentations in Western European history and also in traditional and popular cultures around the world. Through lecture, discussion, and directed listening, students will gain a better aesthetic appreciation of music in a range of human experience.
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3.00 Credits
This course will incorporate elements of practical application and technique of the working songwriter. The song as a creative vehicle will be explored, from the creation of ideas through melody, lyrics, and 'hooks.' Students will learn how to brainstorm ideas, overcome writer's block, and express themselves more effectively in words and music.
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3.00 Credits
Designed for students with little or no prior musical experience, this course provides basic knowledge concerning the structure of music, i.e., melody, rhythm, form, harmony, and texture. Along with an orientation to the keyboard, students are introduced to reading, writing, and creating music; sight singing, rhythms, ear training, and dictation.
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2.00 Credits
This course is a continuation of MUS 101 Aural Skills I, in which the aural, visual and theoretical aspects of music reading are developed and expanded. Students will continue working with the movable "DO" system of solfeggio, and will sing using these syllables, scale degree numbers, and note letter names. Both treble and bass clefs will be used for the exercises, and both diatonic and chromatic relationships will be studied. Part singing, including canons, duets, trios, and standard SATB four-part writing will be studied. The level of harmony parallels the material in MUS 202 Harmony and Theory II; it is recommended that these courses be taken concurrently.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to follow a foundation course in diatonic harmony and music theory, extending to chromatic harmony, modulation, and standard part-writing practices. The study of secondary dominants will begin the study of modulation, which will include common chords, common tones, sequential modulation, direct modulation, and monophonic modulation. This course should be taken concurrently with MUS 201, Aural Skills II, or MUS 213, Aural Skills III.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a non-mathematical music-based study of sound; its properties, production, storage and reproduction. This course will study the acoustical properties of the voice and music instruments and the electronic devices used to record and reproduce their sounds. The course is designed to provide experiences in the practical uses of musical acoustics.
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine the contributions of women as composers, performers and conductors of music from the Middle Ages through the twentieth century. Focus will remain mainly on the roles of women in the sphere of classical music, although some jazz and popular music will be included. Class is limited to 25 students. (This course is also offered under the WGS 209 designation.)
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2.00 Credits
This course is a continuation of MUS 201 Aural Skills II, in which the aural, visual and theoretical aspects of music reading are further developed and expanded. Students will continue working with the movable "DO" system of solfeggio, and will sing using these syllables, scale degree numbers, and note letter names. Both diatonic and chromatic relationships will be studied, with emphasis on material involving modulation and an expanded harmonic vocabulary. Part singing, including canons, duets, trios, and standard SATB four-part writing, will be studied. The level of harmony parallels the material in MUS 214 Harmony and Theory III; it is recommended that these courses be taken concurrently.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed as a continuation of MUS 202, Harmony and Theory II. It emphasizes the study of advanced chromatic harmony, including borrowed chords, the Neapolitan chord, augmented sixth chords, extended tertian chords, and other late nineteenth-century devices. The study of binary and ternary forms, sonata form, rondo form, and other musical structures is included in this semester. Study of twentieth-century innovations in harmony, melody, rhythm and form serves as a springboard to discussing emerging trends in current music. This course should be taken concurrently with MUS 213 Aural Skills III if not already completed.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a study of the origins of popular music in the United States. It examines the role of popular music beginning in the nineteenth century into the twenty-first century in a broad overview of the music industry, published sheet music and recorded sound. Through lecture, discussion, and directed listening, students will become familiar with popular song, musical theater, blues, jazz, folk, country, rock, film music, rap, and current pop artists.
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