21:087:111
Fundamentals of Music (3)
Music notation as it applies to melody, harmony, and rhythm. Scales and beginning harmony.
This course is designed for nonmusic major/minors.
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21:087:121
Music Theory I (3)
Review of scales, intervals, triads; elementary part-writing; analysis of pertinent music examples.
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21:087:122
Music Theory II (3)
Continuing study of harmony; exercises in elementary composition; analysis of musical examples.
Prerequisite: 21:087:121 or permission of instructor.
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21:087:224
Applied Musicianship (3)
Ear training, sight singing, and dictation; study of harmony at the keyboard.
Prerequisite: 21:087:111 or permission of instructor.
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21:087:235
Music Theory III (3)
Study of common-practice harmony, including altered and chromatic chords; written exercises; harmonic and formal analysis of selected compositions.
Prerequisite: 21:087:122 or permission of instructor.
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21:087:236
Music Theory IV (3)
Continuation of 21:087:235.
Prerequisite: 21:087:235.
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21:087:325,326
Studies in Counterpoint (3,3)
Contrapuntal theory and practice based on analysis of the works of Renaissance and baroque masters; composition in the various contrapuntal forms.
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21:087:339
Orchestration (2)
Application of the principles and techniques of orchestration; score reading.
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21:087:349
Conducting (3)
Conducting and rehearsal techniques in theory and practice.
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21:087:365,366
Jazz Composition and Arranging (3,3)
Introduction to the techniques of composing and arranging for jazz ensemble (small combo, big band, and studio orchestra); emphasis on original creative work in the contemporary jazz idiom, as well as the study of classic compositions from the jazz repertoire; studio and other commercial applications considered.
Prerequisite: 21:087:236 or permission of instructor.
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21:087:419,420
Special Studies in Music History and Composition (3,3)
Problems of music history with reports of individual inquiry; concentrated studies in creative composition.
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21:087:435,436
Advanced Studies in Theory and Composition (3,3)
Analysis of late romantic and contemporary compositions; creative composition in small forms.
Prerequisite: 21:087:236.
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