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This course is an introduction to the techniques of basic electrical or acoustic guitar playing, with emphasis on note reading, chord reading, accompanying, and several musical styles. Students must provide their own instruments. The course is open to music majors and non-music majors. (Usually offered Fall and Spring semesters.) Meets SUNY General Education requirement for The Arts (AR)
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This course is a continuation of Guitar I (MUS 125), continuing techniques of note reading, chord reading, and accompanying, with emphasis on popular music styles including Jazz, Folk and Blues styles. Students must provide their own instruments. The course is open to music majors and non-music majors. (Usually offered in the Spring semester.) Prerequisites: MUS 125, or permission of the Music Coordinator. Meets SUNY General Education requirement for The Arts (AR)
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This course is an overview of electric guitar styles used in playing the blues. It includes the study of scales, inversions of scales, major and minor pentatonic scales and inversions, and the dorian and mixolydian modes. Turnarounds and the twelve bar blues song form will be explored through a variety of blues songs. Analysis of playing styles will include such artists as B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn and others. This course is open to the non-music major. Students must provide their own instrument. Students must have six months or more experience playing the guitar. It is not necessary to read musical notation or tablature. (Usually offered Fall and Spring semesters.)
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This course is an overview of electric guitar styles used in playing rock music from the 1960¿s through the 1980¿s. It includes the study of barre chords, power chords, open position chords, movable chords. Analysis of playing styles will include such artists as Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, and others. Classic rock playing styles will be developed by playing classic rock songs such as ¿Purple Haze¿, ¿Hey Joe¿, ¿Sunshine of Your Love¿, ¿Layla¿ and ¿Heartbreaker¿. This course is open to the non-music major. Students must provide their own instrument. Students must have six months or more experience playing the guitar. It is not necessary to read musical notation or tablature. (Usually offered Fall and Spring semesters.)
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This course is an overview of modern guitar styles used in playing rock music from the 1990¿s through the present. It will explore variations heard in the traditional vocabulary of rock guitar chords. It will expand the player¿s ability to produce sound through the incorporation of natural modes and the harmonic minor scale. Analysis of playing styles will include such artists as Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Kirk Hammett, Tom Morello, and others. Modern rock playing styles will be developed through the investigation of current trends. This course is open to the non-music major. Students must provide their own instrument. Students must have twelve months or more experience playing the guitar. It is not necessary to read musical notation or tablature. (Usually offered Fall and Spring semesters.)
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This course is designed to explore urban music, 1950 through the present day. Musical forms such as BeBop, Funk, Rap, Hip Hop, and others will be covered. Individual contributors will be discussed along with musical groups identified with the values and politics of their respective generations. The ability to read music notation is not a necessity. It is recommended for the non-music major or students without previous music experience. It can serve as a music elective for music majors. (Usually offered every other semester.)
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An introduction of the distinctive settings, sound and significance of world music. Music studied includes: the music of Western Europe, the African Continent, Indonesia, the British Isles, Latin America, Asia and others. Topics discussed includes: the characteristics of sound, the classification of musical instruments, the process of creativity, music and identity, music as a commodity, the effects of diaspora, music and technology, and music in the global marketplace. This course is open to the non-music major. It is not necessary to read musical notation. (Usually offered Fall and Spring semesters.)
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This course will survey and examine the musical achievements and contributions of selected women musicians from antiquity to the present time. Experiences of women as composers, performers, teachers, writers, instrument builders, patrons, librarians, entrepreneurs, as well as their major influences on prominent male composers will be studied in historical context. (Usually offered every other semester.)
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This course is a survey of American popular music from its roots to the present day. It will trace the acculturation process to the creation of Jazz and Rock n¿ Roll to present day popular music forms. It investigates American music as it relates to cultural and social events, as well as discussing music in terms of structure and artistic value. The ability to read music notation is not a necessity. The course is required of Music majors and recommended for the non-Music major or students without previous music experience. (Usually offered Fall and Spring semesters.) Meets SUNY General Education requirement for The Arts (AR)
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