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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
Private composition lessons provide continuing instruction in music composition, with an emphasis on new music for the church, contemporary techniques, and examination of instrumental and vocal musical forms as models of composition. Students supervise the performance of one of their works in a studio recital each semester. Beginning students enroll in MUS 1090; advanced students enroll in MUS 1095 or higher. This course may be repeated for credit, with additional lesson fees required. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Offered: each semester. Dunbar
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3.00 Credits
This course provides continued study in music theory, starting with a review of music fundamentals, followed by instrument transpositions, harmonic progression of diatonic chords, melodic phrase structure, nonharmonic tones, cadences, seventh chords, inversions, secondary dominants, popular music forms and symbols, and beginning voice leading in two to four parts using figured bass and Roman numeral symbols. Prerequisite: Grade of at least 85% on the Music Theory Placement test or MUS 1101. Corequisite: MUS 1112. Offered: yearly. Dunbar
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2.00 Credits
This is an introductory course covering essentials of music theory; emphasis is placed on the elements of music, clefs and pitch reading, scales and modes, keys, intervals, rhythm, and triads. Students with adequate grounding in music fundamentals may test out of this course by scoring 85% or better on the music theory placement exam. There are no prerequisites for this course. However, students pursuing a major or minor in music should enroll concurrently in MUS 1111. Offered: yearly. Dunbar
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1.00 Credits
Students begin to develop practical skills necessary for continued success in aural theory. Emphasis is placed on meter identification, intervals, rhythmic patterns, and triads. The class meets one hour per week plus one hour of independent lab time. Corequisite: MUS 1101. Offered: yearly. Dunbar
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1.00 Credits
Students continue developing practical skills necessary for reading, understanding, and performing music, including sight singing, interval and triad recognition, melodic and rhythmic dictation, and transcription. The class meets one hour per week plus one hour of independent lab time. Prerequisite: MUS 1111. Corequisite: MUS 1102. Offered: yearly. Dunbar
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3.00 Credits
In this continuation of the music theory sequence, students focus on chromatic chord progressions using Neapolitan chords, altered dominants, augmented sixth chords, borrowed chords, and chromatic mediant relationships. They continue to refine voice leading techniques and melody harmonization using figured bass and Roman numeral symbols. Prerequisite: MUS 1102. Corequisite: MUS 2111. Offered: yearly. Dunbar
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2.00 Credits
In this continuation of the music theory sequence, students concentrate on post-romantic harmony and forms, impressionism, atonality, twelve-tone technique, aleatoric music, musique concrete, electronic media, jazz, and other compositional forms, theories, and structures of modern music. Prerequisite: MUS 2101. Corequisite: MUS 2112. Offered: every third year. Dunbar
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1.00 Credits
Students continue to develop practical skills necessary for reading, understanding, and performing music of chromatic harmonic structures including sight singing, seventh chord recognition, harmonic and melodic dictation, and transcription. The class meets one hour per week plus one hour of independent lab time. Prerequisites: MUS 1112. Corequisite: MUS 2101. Offered: yearly. Dunbar
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1.00 Credits
Students develop practical skills necessary for reading, understanding, and performing music of advanced chromaticism including sight singing, interval and triad recognition, melodic and rhythmic dictation, and transcription. The class meets one hour per week plus one hour of independent lab time. Prerequisite: MUS 2111. Offered: yearly. Dunbar
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1.00 Credits
This course is designed to develop skills necessary to complete the Piano Proficiency exam, which includes scales, chord progressions, harmonization, transposition, sight reading, and performance of a memorized piece. The class meets two hours per week. Offered: yearly. Johnson
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