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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
The application of the IPA for speaking, singing, and choral conducting in Italian and Latin. Includes basic comprehension of the Italian language. Prerequisite: PER 310. 3 crs.
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3.00 Credits
The application of the IPA for speaking, singing, and choral conducting in German. Includes basic comprehension of the German language. Prerequisite: PER 310. 3 crs.
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3.00 Credits
The application of the IPA for speaking, singing, and choral conducting in French. Includes basic comprehension of the French language. Prerequisite: PER 310. 3 crs.
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3.00 Credits
Analytical techniques to aid in musical interpretation. Prerequisite: MU 204. 2 crs.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction of skills needed by pianists to accompany singers and instrumentalists. Prerequisite: PER 190. 2 crs.
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3.00 Credits
The first in a three-course introduction to jazz improvisation. Topics include general improvisation as explored through world cultures; one, two, and three chord vamp studies; sequencing, embellishment, call and response, rhythmic exercises, and major and minor scales and modes. Styles and genres include tango, flamenco, klezmer, African, Middle Eastern, Celtic, Brazilian, and Afro-Cuban. A performanceoriented class, where students play weekly. Prerequisite: MU 113. 2 crs.
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3.00 Credits
The second in a three-course introduction to jazz improvisation. Topics include blues as a genre, the basics of composing, chord scales, diminished scales, modes, basic chord substitutions, melodic concepts, tension tones, advanced harmony, standard jazz harmony, Brazilian and Cuban influences, ear training and rhythmic exercises. A performance-oriented class, where students play weekly. Prerequisite: PER 351. 2 crs.
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3.00 Credits
The third in a three-course introduction to jazz improvisation. Topics include advanced Blues techniques, solo composition, transcription analysis, chord scales, modes, advanced chord substitutions, advanced melodic concepts, advanced harmony, Salsa, Bossa and Samba styles, ear training and rhythmic exercises. A performance-oriented class, where students play weekly. Prerequisite: PER 352. 2 crs.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to jazz harmony and analysis. Prerequisite: MU 202. 2 crs.
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3.00 Credits
A course in scoring for small and large jazz ensembles following models of innovative groups such as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Oliver Nelson, and Quincy Jones, while encouraging a personal style. Topics include historic considerations, drop 2 - tutti - cluster - and spread voicings, instrumentatimbres, textural combinations, transposition, range, chord substitutions, writing for rhythm section, and guide tone methods. A performance of student works will be given. Prerequisite: PER 361. 2 crs.
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