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Your search for courses · during 2024-25 · tagged with MUSC Foundation and Theory · returned 4 results
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MUSC 103 Musicianship I 2 credits
A course in aural skills, focusing upon sight reading using solfège (movable do, la-based minor), and short melodic dictation exercises of up to four bars in length in major and minor keys. Recommended Preparation: MUSC 101 or permission of the instructor as assessed by a diagnostic exam administered at the start of the program.
- Winter 2025
- ARP, Arts Practice
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MUSC 103.00 Winter 2025
- Faculty:Jeremy Tatar 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THWeitz Center 230 8:30am-9:40am
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MUSC 104 Musicianship II 2 credits
Continuation of Musicianship I, with an emphasis on singing and dictation skills. More advanced solfège is introduced, including melodies in minor keys and chromaticism. Longer melodic dictation exercises which introduce standard four-and eight-bar melodic schemas will also be covered. Some harmonic dictation will also be included. Recommended Preparation: MUSC 103 or permission of instructor as assessed by a diagnostic exam administered at the start of the term.
- Spring 2025
- ARP, Arts Practice
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MUSC 104.00 Spring 2025
- Faculty:Jeremy Tatar 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THWeitz Center 230 8:30am-9:40am
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MUSC 110 Theory I: The Principles of Harmony 6 credits
An introduction to the materials of western tonal music, with an emphasis on harmonic structure and syntax. It covers basic harmonic syntax (through secondary dominants), melodic phrase structure and cadences, and small musical forms, along with related theoretical concepts and vocabulary. Student work involves readings, analysis and composition exercises, and short essay assignments. Recommended Preparation: MUSC 101 or permission of instructor as assessed by a diagnostic exam administered at the start of the term.
- Winter 2025
- LA, Literary/Artistic Analysis
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MUSC 110.00 Winter 2025
- Faculty:Jeremy Tatar 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WWeitz Center 230 8:30am-9:40am
- FWeitz Center 230 8:30am-9:30am
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MUSC 204 Theory II: Musical Structures 6 credits
An investigation into the nature of musical sounds and the way they are combined to form rhythms, melodies, harmonies, and form. Topics include the nature of musical pitch, the structure of musical scales and their influence on melody, what gives rise to a sense of tonality, the complexity of rhythmic patterns, and the architecture of musical form. Student work includes building a musical instrument, programming a drum machine, writing computer code to create harmonies and timbres, and an extended music analysis project using empirical methods. Prerequisite: MUSC 101 or permission of instructor as assessed by a diagnostic exam administered at the start of the term.
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MUSC 204.00 Spring 2025
- Faculty:Jeremy Tatar 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WWeitz Center 230 8:30am-9:40am
- FWeitz Center 230 8:30am-9:30am
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Prerequisite: Music 101, or permission of the instructor as assessed by a diagnostic exam administered at the start of the term
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