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0.25 Credits
This course introduces basic techniques for performance on the violin, viola, cell and string bass. Additional topics include: pedagogical techniques, tools, and literature; teaching repertoire; and instrument care. Prerequisite: permission of instructor required for students not majoring in Theory/Composition or Music Education. Offered Fall Semester.
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0.25 Credits
This course introduces basic techniques for performance on selected instruments in the woodwind family. Additional topics include: pedagogical techniques, tools, and literature; teaching repertoire; and instrument history and care. Prerequisite: permission of instructor required for students not majoring in Theory/Composition or Music Education. Offered Fall Semester.
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0.25 Credits
This course continues to develop the basic skills of sightsinging and dictation taught in 111, Aural Skills I, and 112, Aural Skills II. Sightsinging includes melodies with chromatic pitches and modulation. Greater emphasis is placed on dictation employing more complex harmonies. Prerequisites: Music 112 and 114. Offered Fall Semester.
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0.25 Credits
This course continues the aural study of chromatic harmony, melodies and 20th-century rhythms introduced in 211. Students also work on basic improvisation skills, including working from jazz chord symbols, improvising melodies from given guidelines, improvising cadenzas, and improvising jazz melodies. Prerequisites: Music 211 and 213. Offered Spring Semester.
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0.75 Credits
Continuing the theory sequence from 114, students explore Baroque counterpoint, Classical and Romantic styles and forms, advanced modulation techniques, and chromatic harmony. The course also introduces musical acoustics and music technology. Prerequisites: Music 112 and 114. Offered Fall Semester.
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0.75 Credits
Building on principles learned in 213, students examine the techniques and materials of music since 1875, including chromaticism and extended tonality. Analysis of late 19th- and 20th-century music is included. Prerequisites: Music 211 and 213. Offered Spring Semester.
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0.25 Credits
Intended for students in vocal music education, this course introduces fundamental characteristics of orchestral and band instruments, including orchestration, instrument ranges and transposition. Prerequisite: Music 114 and junior standing. Offered Fall Semester, 2006-2007 and alternate years.
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0.50 Credits
Through this introduction to the practical fundamentals of orchestration, students learn about instrument ranges, nomenclature, proper notation, characteristics of orchestral and band instruments, transposition, and scoring for various instrumental combinations including full orchestra, concert band, and marching band. Prerequisite: Music 114 and junior standing. Recommended: Music 166, 167, 168, 169, or equivalent experience. Offered Fall Semester, 2007-2008, and alternate years..
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3.00 Credits
The study of counterpoint is a way of understanding more completely the compositional techniques of great composers as well as developing one's own fluency in writing music. Students learn advanced contrapuntal techniques in Renaissance, Baroque, and 20th-centry styles, studying the works of such composers as Palestrina, Bach, and Barber. Prerequisite: Music 214. Offered Fall Semester, 2007-08, and alternate years.
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3.00 Credits
Students are introduced to a number of compositional techniques and are given opportunities to create original works of music and hear them performed. The course also includes listening to important 20th and 21st-century works and discussing current trends in music, the changing role of the composer in society, and practical composition issues. Prerequisites: Music 112, 114, or permission of instructor. Generally offered every semester.
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