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2.00 Credits
Students apply harmony and general theory to piano keyboard. Using a four-note texture with sound voice leading, students read and play at sight chord progressions employing primary and secondary chords and the dominant seventh chord in major and minor keys of up to three sharps or flats. Harmonization of a simple melody is played using the right hand for melody and the left hand for chordal accompaniment. 2 CREDITS PREREQUISITES: 32-2132 KEYBOARD II OR 32-2311 JAZZ KEYBOARD
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3.00 Credits
Course teaches first-year students to write motives, phrases, sentences, and periods to build simple forms. The final assignment is composition of a piece for a wind instrument and a sting instrument that is performed at semester's end. 3 CREDITS PREREQUISITES: 32-1110 SIGHTSINGING, MUSICIANSHIP, AND EAR TRAINING I, 32-1120 THEORY, HARMONY, AND ANALYSIS I
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3.00 Credits
A continuation of Composition I, course emphasizes study of larger forms, chromatic harmony, and instrumentation. Students compose a piece for violin or violoncello and piano as their final assignment and a series of short pieces for piano as additional class work. Final assignment receives public performance at semester's end. 3 CREDITS PREREQUISITES: 32-2211 COMPOSITION I: BASIC PRINCIPLES OF TWENTIETH CENTURY COMPOSITION
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3.00 Credits
Workshop examines the craft of popular songwriting from a historical perspective with a practical viewpoint. Course is designed for composers and lyricists who are already writing and wish to broaden their understanding of the craft. Collaborations between composers and lyricists within this workshop are encouraged. 3 CREDITS PREREQUISITES: 32-2111 SIGHTSINGING, MUSICIANSHIP, AND EAR TRAINING II, 32-2121 THEORY, HARMONY, AND ANALYSIS II
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3.00 Credits
Course examines basic fundamentals of arranging and orchestration, including acoustic and electronic instruments, their ranges and characteristics. Students will learn to construct basic lead-sheet arrangements and create arrangements for large and small ensembles in various genres. Final projects will be performed by an ensemble of live instrumentalists with optional vocals. 3 CREDITS PREREQUISITES: 32-2111 SIGHTSINGING, MUSICIANSHIP, AND EAR TRAINING II, 32-2121 THEORY, HARMONY, AND ANALYSIS II, 32-2131 KEYBOARD I
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3.00 Credits
Course examines all instruments of the orchestra with respect to range, capability, and characteristics of timbre. Students arrange piano scores for smaller ensembles during four in-class workshops where players sight read students' arrangements. Coursework includes preparation of scores and parts critiqued by instructor and participants. 3 CREDITS PREREQUISITES: 32-2113 SIGHTSINGING, MUSICIANSHIP, AND EAR TRAINING IV, 32-2212 COMPOSITION II, 32-3121 THEORY, HARMONY, AND ANALYSIS IV
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2.00 Credits
Continuation of Keyboard I, course covers seventh and ninth chords plus extended and altered variations related to the jazz idiom. Students further develop aural skills and learn jazz keyboard voicing and comping while performing jazz standards. 2 CREDITS PREREQUISITES: 32-2131 KEYBOARD I
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3.00 Credits
Course is designed to develop the guitarist's ability to read music at sight. 3 CREDITS PREREQUISITES: 32-1120 THEORY, HARMONY, AND ANALYSIS I, 32-2111 SIGHTSINGING, MUSICIANSHIP, AND EAR TRAINING II
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3.00 Credits
Class teaches guitarists working knowledge of chords, intervals, and standard chord progressions. Students learn how chords look and sound and how they relate to one another. Topics include chord constitution, the transfer process, modern extended chords, chord substitutions, chromatic alternation, chord symbols and symbol duplication, and polytonality/ composite harmonic structures. 3 CREDITS PREREQUISITES: 32-2111 SIGHTSINGING, MUSICIANSHIP, AND EAR TRAINING II, 32-2121 THEORY, HARMONY, AND ANALYSIS II
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2.00 Credits
This is an advanced level course for the contemporary guitarist. It is designed to expand the student's knowledge of linear, harmonic, and sightreading techniques and to prepare the student for advanced work in jazz and contemporary idioms. 2 CREDITS PREREQUISITES: 32-1322 GUITAR TECHNIQUES II
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