2000

Functional class guitar skills for those with no previous guitar skills or training. Emphasis is placed on folk and pop guitar skills, including chords, strumming, tuning and picking styles.

Prerequisite: MUSC 1500. An introduction to students developing music composition skills by exploring basic techniques necessary for reasoned creative expression. Students gain skills in the artistic use of pitch, rhythm, melody, timbre and harmony by composing for various instrumentations.

Prerequisite: MUSC 2300. Students develop music composition skills through further exploration of form and genre. Additional skill-building in the artistic use of pitch, rhythm, melody,timbre and harmony, as well as technology competence through the use of music notation software.

Prerequisite: "C" or better in MUSC 1510. Continues the study of compositional and analytical procedures appropriate to 18th- and 19th-century tonal music. Third of four sequential courses. Should be taken concurrently with its laboratory component, MUSC 2501.

Prerequisite: MUSC 1511. Sight-singing, ear training and keyboard applications of material covered in MUSC 2500. Required in all Music-based programs.

Prerequisite: C or better in MUSC 2500. Continues the study of compositional and analytical procedures appropriate to 18th- and 19th-century tonal music, and introduces procedures appropriate to several styles of 20th- and 21st-century music. Should be taken concurrently with its laboratory component, MUSC 2511.

Prerequisite: MUSC 2501. Sight-singing, ear training, and keyboard applications of materials covered in MUSC 2510. Required in all Music-based programs.

Prerequisites: Sophomore standing or permission of the instructor. The study and use of the International Phonetic Alphabet and training in the correct pronunciation of English and Italian languages in relation to vocal literature.

Prerequisites: MUSC 2700 or permission of the instructor. The study and use of the International Phonetic Alphabet and training in the correct pronunciation of French and German languages in relation to vocal literature.