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3.00 Credits
This course examines various styles of Jazz beginning with Bebop and progressing through the Cool, Hardbop, Fusion and contemporary styles. Special emphasis is placed on the musical art of Parker, Gillespie, Monk, Coltrane, Davis and Brubeck. Prerequisite: MU 218.
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3.00 Credits
Students look at concepts of scale, mode, rhythm, melody, texture, timbre, and form in selected non-Western musical cultures. Attention is also given to notational systems, tuning methods, aural analysis, and transcriptions. Prerequisite: MU 106.
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2.00 Credits
This is the third of a four-course sequence in ear training and sight singing. Music majors will pursue mastery of the "Hearing Eye" and the "Seeing Ear" through in-claperformance of musical examples in solfeggio and manuscript dictation. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be prepared to continue with the study of ear training in MU 227. This is a required course for all music majors. Prerequisite: MU 127.
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2.00 Credits
This is the fourth of a four-course sequence in ear training and sight singing. Music majors will pursue mastery of the "Hearing Eye" and the "Seeing Ear" through in-claperformance of musical examples in solfeggio and manuscript dictation. This is a required course for all music majors. Prerequisite: MU 226.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of selected musical cultures in Africa, the Middle East, and India focusing on classification of musical instruments, theoretical systems, scale structures, role of music in society, and the relationship between music and the other arts in these cultures. Prerequisite: MU 106, 109.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of selected musical cultures in East and Southeast Asia focusing on classification of musical instruments, theoretical systems, scale structures, role of music in society, and the relationship between music and the other arts in these cultures. Prerequisite: MU 106, MU 109.
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1.00 Credits
Participants will learn to perform traditional East African drumming and Amadinda xylophone music from Uganda. Xylophone traditions in Uganda typically have several people performing simultaneously on a single instrument. Though the practice of interlocking musical parts is not foreign to Western music, neither the music nor the instrument itself bears any relationship to Western counterparts. In addition to performing, historical background, contexts of performance, stylistic traits and performance techniques are all thoroughly explored in this course. No previous musical training is required.
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2.00 Credits
This course will cover the techniques of improvisation, arranging and development of a standard repertoire through performance in a small jazz ensemble. Jazz theory and history will be integrated into the performance experience. This is required for jazz studies majors, but open to all interested students by audition. Prerequisite: Audition and consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on the history and philosophy of music education, learning theories, instructional models, assessment and current issues in music education. Prerequisite: Music major, junior standing.
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3.00 Credits
This course features emphasis on curriculum standards, methods, materials, instructional strategies, and assessments used in elementary music education programs, grades K-6. Students will participate in supplementary activities related to their specific major, either K-12 Instrumental or K-12 Choral certification programs. Prerequisite: Music major and consent of instructor.
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