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  • 3.00 Credits

    This course emphasizes the integration of skills students need in order to understand and recall common musical patterns. This course integrates the skills needed to understand and recall common musical patterns by singing, playing, notating, and identifying. Skills include singing major and minor solfege with movable do, diatonic modes, scales, chords, intervals, and use of Kodaly rhythmic syllables in simple and compound meter. The ability to identify and notate modes, scales, intervals, traids, single line melodies and two part counterpoint. The ability to play at the keyboard diatonic modal and scaler patterns, harmonize melodies, and read simple pieces at sight. This course is required of music majors and recommended for non-majors with previous music theory experience. (Usually offered in the Fall semester). Prerequisite: Music Major or permission of Music Department Coordinator. Prerequisite/Corequisite: MUS 171
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course continues Aural and Keyboards Skills I (MUS 181). It integrates the skills needed to understand and recall common musical patterns by singing, playing, notating, and identifying melodies and harmonies. Skills include the singing of chromatically altered scale degrees, seventh chords, and the use of Kodaly rhythmic syllables including triplets and syncopation, along with cadence identification. It continues the ability to play at the keyboard including basic I-V phrase modals expanded to secondary dominance and an introduction to secondary harmonies. This course is required of music, majors, and recommended for non-majors who have had previous music theory experience and completed MUS 181. (Usually offered Spring semester). Prerequisite: MUS 181 or permission of Music Department Coordinator. Prerequisite/Corequisite: MUS 172
  • 3.00 Credits

    A lecture-demonstration course, Critical Listening and Acoustics will introduce the student to all the elements that make up a successful recording. From initial considerations of the recording environment, through differences in instrument types and microphone types, to various techniques for recording directly versus acoustical pick-up of the sound source, the student will gain knowledge of current techniques and practices and understand what the cause and effect relationships are. Through evaluating current master recordings, ear training drills, and first hand experience of various acoustical environments the student will learn how to identify critical elements of sound, effects, and balance in recordings.
  • 3.00 Credits

    A lecture-demonstration-laboratory-performance operation course. The content areas include equipment, all aspects of MIDI Production from pre-production through post-production. Practical experience will be provided through participation in hands on MIDI production recordings and projects.
  • 2.00 Credits

    This course is a continuation of MUS 108, Performance Experience II. It will enable the music major to participate in small ensemble playing. Students will prepare and perform ensemble musical pieces (duets, trios, quartets etc.) from a variety of historical eras (Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and 20th century). Music will be chosen based on the instrumentation enrolled, ability of the individual players, musical interest of the students and performance opportunities. The course will remain flexible to accommodate the individual performance abilities of students enrolled. The course is open to the non-music major with permission of the Music Coordinator (Usually offered Fall and Spring semesters.) Prerequisite: MUS 108 Meets SUNY General Education requirement for The Arts (AR)
  • 2.00 Credits

    This course is a continuation of MUS 209, Performance Experience III. It will enable the music major to participate in small ensemble playing. Students will prepare and perform ensemble musical pieces (duets, trios, quartets etc.) from a variety of historical eras (Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and 20th century). Music will be chosen based on the instrumentation enrolled, ability of the individual players, musical interest of the students and performance opportunities. The course will remain flexible to accommodate the individual performance abilities of students enrolled. The course is open to the non-music major with permission of the Music Coordinator (Usually offered Fall and Spring semesters.) Prerequisite: MUS 209 Meets SUNY General Education requirement for The Arts (AR)
  • 1.00 Credits

    This course is a continuation of MUS 114 Performance Experience: Wind Ensemble II. This instrumental ensemble performs various styles of band/wind literature. Students provide their own instruments. The ensemble is open to non-music majors and music majors. (Usually offered Fall and Spring semesters.) Prerequisites: MUS 114. Meets SUNY General Education requirement for The Arts (AR)
  • 1.00 Credits

    This course is a continuation of MUS 215 Performance Experience: Wind Ensemble III. This instrumental ensemble performs various styles of band/wind literature. Students provide their own instruments. The ensemble is open to non-music majors and music majors. (Usually offered Fall and Spring semesters.) Prerequisites: MUS 215. Meets SUNY General Education requirement for The Arts (AR)
  • 1.00 Credits

    Continuation of MUS 223, Piano III; the study of all major and all forms of the minor scale with chord progressions. Reading notation chord symbols expanded. Increase repertoire with continued study of theoretical elements and development of musicality. (Usually offered Spring semester.) Prerequisites: MUS 223, proficiency at placement audition or permission of the Music Coordinator. Meets SUNY General Education requirement for The Arts (A)
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