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1.00 Credits
This course is a continuation of Beginning Guitar I with additional chords in several more keys. This course is recommended for students desiring to study private guitar. (Offered every spring. Prerequisite: MUS115 Beginning Guitar I or consent of instructor. Studio course.)
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2.00 Credits
Fine arts component of the general education curriculum. This course will explore the relationship between commonly held experiences and the expressive voice of the creative musical artist and will place music in the social/historical context which shapes the expressive spirit. (Offered every fall and spring, summers to be announced. No prerequisite. Can serve as a prerequisite to Music History.)
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2.00 Credits
Using global folk and art music and contemporary popular idiom music, this course teaches music listening skills, relates music to history and culture, and reveals music as a conveyer of human emotions, thoughts, and ideals. This course contributes to the Fine Arts/Aesthetic component of the General Education curriculum.
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1.00 Credits
Students will examine and personally develop the foundations of a healthy, efficient technique of singing. Activities to achieve this goal include vocal exercises practiced in and out of the classroom, solo singing for one's classmates, lectures and demonstrations by the instructor on vocal technique and the vocal mechanism, and related reading assignments. (Offered every semester. No prerequisite. Studio course.) 200 LEVEL COURSES
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4.00 Credits
This course begins with a brief review of music fundamentals (scales, keys, intervals and triads) and continues with four-part harmonic writing, and basic analysis. Exercises in keyboard harmony, sight singing, and dictation are included in the course. (Offered every fall. Prerequisite: MUS101 or equivalent as determined by music placement test.)
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4.00 Credits
Students continue to learn four-part harmonic writing, including the use of inversions and seventh chords. Exercises in analysis incorporate the study of melody, harmony, rhythm, texture, and form. Dictation, sight singing, and keyboard harmony are continued. (Offered every spring. Prerequisite: MUS201 or equivalent.)
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2.00 Credits
This subject of this course will vary each time it is offered. It is designed to be taken by any students who are interested in music. Various styles of music and the relations of music to different aspects of culture and history will be explored. (Offered every spring. No prerequisite.)
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2.00 Credits
The goal of this introductory course is to begin to develop a clear and expressive conducting technique. Students will conduct in class frequently, videotaping their work and receiving immediate feedback and suggestions for improvement. Students will learn to conduct regular beat patterns, preparatory gestures, cues, cutoffs, deadbeats, fermatas, asymmetrical patterns, and subdivided gestures. Students will learn to make thoughtful decisions in varying their conducting pattern to show changes in dynamics, tempo, and articulation. Activities to strengthen the inner ear while conducting will also be included. Requirement: for Church Music and Music Education majors. (Offered every fall. Prerequisites: music reading ability, MUS201 and/or consent of instructor. Studio course.)
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1.00 Credits
This course is designed for the student who is interested in enhancing his or her vocal training by expanding one's knowledge of Italian and German diction and song repertoire. Emphasis is placed on the understanding and production of pronunciation. Voice students and music majors, particularly those in the choral and church music tracks, will want to register for this course. (Offered odd falls. Prerequisite: 2 semesters of MUS860 - Private Voice or consent of instructor. Studio course.) 300 LEVEL COURSES
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4.00 Credits
Students learn to write in the contrapuntal style of the 18th century. Chromatic harmonies and a study of classical period forms are also included in the course. Dictation, sight-singing, and keyboard harmony are continued. (Offered every fall. Prerequisite: MUS202 or equivalent.)
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