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0.50 Credits
This course offers a series of live musical events in a variety of styles, including traditional classical music as well as music from diverse cultures. Presentations feature well-known international performers, music faculty and music student performers. Students in this course participate by active listening and completing a workbook that describes and assesses their musical experiences and perceptions. No musical experience is assumed or required. This course is required for music majors seeking an associate degree. The content of this course will differ each semester. This course may be taken four times for credit.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a multi-cultural, multimedia approach to the living musical, expressive and ceremonial art forms and cultural context of the major continents. Cultures in the United States that have been traditionally under represented in the curriculum will be emphasized.
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1.00 Credits
This is the first of a two-semester sequence of courses that present the study of classical guitar. The beginning course introduces basic skills to students who have had little or no experience with the guitar. The course is intended for students who are interested in learning the fundamentals of classical guitar and elementary music skills. This course focuses on developing right and left-hand technique and sight-reading. Lectures are followed by practical application on the instrument.
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1.00 Credits
This is the second in a two-semester sequence of study of classical guitar. In this course students are introduced to a set of broad-ranging technical skills, including mastery of the fretboard, chord chart reading, and sight-reading. This course also introduces level-appropriate literature, including works from several periods and styles, with an emphasis on interpretation skills. Lectures are followed by practical application on the instrument. Students apply the skills and techniques developed in this class in live performances.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed for music majors as well as non music majors. It enables the student to develop perceptions in sight and sound as related to the symbols of rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic notation. It will also enable the student to develop skill in writing, major, minor and chromatic scales, chord construction and intervals; and to identify terms used to indicate tempo and dynamics.
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4.00 Credits
This course is an intensive study of diatonic harmony in major and minor modes and includes structural and stylistic analysis of music from the period 1600-1750. The emphasis is on development of four-part writing skills within the context of functional diatonic tonality: the interpretation of figured bass symbols, melodic construction and its interaction with harmony, rhythm and structure. This course is designed for the student pursuing music as a major or for the student interested in enhancing technical knowledge of music.
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4.00 Credits
This course is a continuation of 158A. It is an intensive study of diatonic harmony in major and minor modes and includes structural and stylistic analysis of music of the "common practice" period (1700-1900). The emphasis is on continued development of four-part writing skills using seventh and borrowed chords, the process of modulation; melodic construction using non-harmonic tones; analysis of Bach Chorales and of binary and ternary forms. This course is designed for the student pursuing music as a major or for the student interested in enhancing technical knowledge of music.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a study of the recording and electronic music equipment. It is a prerequisite to future work in the electronic music studio and also prepares students for a major in music. The course demonstrates basic techniques using microphones, tape recorders, the mixing board, synthesizers, samplers and music applications on computers, such as sequencing. The emphasis is on the students' acquiring basic skills needed for practical application and on acquiring knowledge of simple electronic and acoustic theory, including MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface). Students design and create special projects using this equipment and proper protocol during lab hours, and present their projects in class.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a study of advanced acoustics and electronic theory as applied to recording, mixing, and sound processing. The course demonstrates various applications of advanced recording, microphone use, and mixing, such as tape editing, effects processing, music concrete composition, and other techniques for music composition.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a study of the application of contemporary digital technology to the practice of music performance and composition. Emphasis in this course is on acquisition of computer skills to access and manipulate musical data via MIDI and other digital formats. These skills will allow students to digitally sample sounds, control synthesizers and samplers, synchronize computers to tape, sequence music, transcribe and print musical scores and conceive new techniques for music composition. This course is designed for students who are interested in continuing their education in the Electronic Music Studio.
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