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3.00 Credits
This course provides a broad overview of musical, historical, and cultural aspects of 20th-century American popular music in the Rock Era (1950s to the present). We will use the interplay of social trends and new developments in popular music to generate various questions about America's shifting political and cultural attitudes. Topics will include rhythm and blues, rock n' roll, soul, hard rock, metal, punk, funk, disco, pop, hip hop, electronica, and more. Attention will be given to the ongoing influence of technology on musical innovation, intercultural and inter-racial dimensions of popular music, and recurring cycles of rebellion against and acceptance by the popular music industry. Through a critical examination of the concept of the "popular" we will look at the social function of music in everyday life, and the role of music in America's diverse cultural fabric. This course fulfills the Fine Arts Core Requireme
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Designed for students with no prior keyboard experience. Study of notation, keys, scales, chords, and elementary piano repertoire. May be repeated for credit up to 2 units.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Voice study in a classroom environment for beginners. Students will be introduced to correct breathing techniques, vocal production, and sight reading. Fee required to pay for accompanist. May be repeated for credit up to 2 units.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Guitar study in a classroom environment for beginners. Basics of traditional notation, chordal accompaniment, and development of right and left hand techniques. Emphasis on how the guitar is used in a variety of styles including classical, Flamenco, blues, and jazz. Students must have their own instrument. May be repeated for credit up to 2 units.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of the natural, cultural, historical, and artistic experience of sound with an emphasis on the use of sound in artistic and critical engagements with the world. Topics include: acoustic ecology, philosophy of music, musical instrument technology; scientific and mathematical application of sound; radical challenges to musical traditions in the 20th century, including electronic, experimental, and improvised musics; installations and sound sculpture; technologies of sound reproduction; copyright and technological change; sampling; and DJ culture. Cross-listed as ARTH 109. This course fulfills a core curriculum requirement.
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3.00 Credits
A core curriculum course in the basic elements of Western music notation, rhythm, major and minor scales, triads, and their practical application in singing and keyboard playing. Suitable for students with no prior music training. This course fulfills a core curriculum requirement. Not applicable toward a music major or minor.
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3.00 Credits
Establishes a firm foundation for music theory, including Western music notation, rhythm, scales and transpositions, intervals and inversions, chords, tonal harmony, and their practical application in singing and keyboard playing. May be taken as core curriculum by students with prior musical experience.
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3.00 Credits
A chronological survey of music history, from the Middle Ages to the present, focusing on Western music, and including selected non-Western musics. An examination of music within the context of the liberal arts, with an introduction to major composers, styles, and representative works. Reading, writing, listening, and concert visits required. This course fulfills a core curriculum requirement.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Study and public performance of chamber music, instrumental or vocal. On- and off-campus performances each semester. Audition and fee required. Individual music lessons on enrolled instrument provided each semester. May be repeated for credit without limit. Go to www.sandiego.edu/symphony for complete information.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Study and public performance of orchestral music, instrumental or vocal. On- and off-campus performances each semester. Audition and fee required. Individual music lessons on enrolled instrument provided each semester. May be repeated for credit without limit. Go to www.sandiego.edu/symphony for complete information.
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