Survey of American popular music, from the beginnings of mass media to the late-twentieth century and beyond. Areas of focus will include early African-American styles (the blues, gospel and ragtime), vaudeville songs, a variety of immigrant traditions and folk movements, rock and roll, soul, R & B, hip-hop, and others. Musical experience helpful but not required. (General Education Code(s): IH, A.)
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Covers topics reflecting distinctive features of selected world music cultures. Introduces content, scope, and method of ethnomusicology. Focuses on understanding the musical styles, performance practices, and cultural functions of these musical traditions. Incorporates live class performance of selected music. (General Education Code(s): IH, A, E.)
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Fundamentals of music and notation. Major, minor scales, intervals, triads, and inversions, root-position 7th chords, and the beginning harmonic analysis. Emphasis on the development of the ear and coordination. Exercises of pulse, rhythm, pitch, and coordination. Dictation and sight singing. Enrollment restricted to first-year students and sophomores; juniors and seniors admitted by permission of instructor. Enrollment limited to 60.
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Continuation of course 13. Triads and 7th chords and their inversions. Introduces Church modes, melodic and harmonic analysis, four-part harmony, and keyboard harmony. Sight-singing, ear training, and dictation. Knowledge of musical notation and scales required. Students who wish to take this course and have not taken course 13 or the placement exam should consult the instructor. See the enrollment conditions section of the quarterly Schedule of Classes. Enrollment priority to first-year students, sophomores, and juniors. Prerequisite(s): course 13 or music core curriculum placement exam. Enrollment limited to 25.
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Integrated musicianship, theory, and analysis. Species counterpoint and fundamentals of tonal harmony. Analysis of literature from the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Ear-training, taught in smaller sections, emphasizes recognition of triad and dominant-seventh inversions, dictation of diatonic melodies, and aural analysis of simple diatonic interval and chord progressions. Most of the ear-training materials consist of homophonic and polyphonic examples from music literature performed live in class. Concurrent enrollment in course 30L required. Prerequisite: admission by core curriculum placement examination or by passing course 14 with a final examination score of approximately 85 percent or higher. Enrollment limited to 60.
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Intergrated musicianship, theory, and analysis. Diatonic harmony and fundamentals of chromatic harmony and musical form, with an emphasis on early 18th-century styles. Ear-training, taught in smaller sections, emphasizes recognition of triad and seventh-chord qualities and inversions, dictation of moderately complex melodies and multi-voice chorales, and aural analysis of chord progressions including secondary functions. Most of the ear-training materials consist of homophonic and polyphonic examples from music literature performed live in class. Concurrent enrollment in course 30M required. Prerequisite(s): course 30A; instructor determination at first class meeting. Enrollment limited to 60.
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Integrated musicianship, theory, and analysis. Chromatic harmony and large forms, with emphasis on late 18th- and early 19th-century styles. Ear-training, taught in smaller sections, emphasizes melodic and multi-voice dictation, as well as aural analysis of chord progressions, with materials including digressions, modulations, and advanced chromatic idioms. Most of the ear-training materials consist of homophonic and polyphonic examples from music literature performed live in class. Concurrent enrollment in course 30N required. Prerequisite(s): course 30B; instructor determination at first class meeting. Enrollment limited to 60.
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Keyboard (score-reading, figured-bass, progressions, chorales) and musicianship (sight-singing, intervals, chords, rhythm) laboratory sequence illustrating topics covered in course 30A. Two 1-hour laboratory sessions per week. Concurrent enrollment in course 30A required; concurrent enrollment in course 60 also required for students without adequate prior keyboard training. Enrollment limited to 6.
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Keyboard (score-reading, figured-bass, progressions, chorales) and musicianship (sight-singing, single chords and progressions, rhythm) laboratory sequence illustrating topics covered in course 30B. Two 1-hour laboratory sessions per week. Prerequisite(s): course 30L; instructor determination at first meeting of course 30B. Concurrent enrollment in course 30B required; concurrent enrollment in course 60 also required for students without adequate prior keyboard training. Enrollment limited to 6.
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Keyboard (score-reading, figured-bass, progressions, chorales) and musicianship (sight-singing, atonal melody, rhythm) laboratory sequence illustrating topics covered in course 30C. Two 1-hour laboratory sessions per week. Prerequisite(s): course 30M; instructor determination at first meeting of course 30C. Concurrent enrollment in course 30C required; concurrent enrollment in course 60 also required for students without adequate prior keyboard training. Enrollment limited to 6.
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Seminars taught by upper-division students under faculty supervision. (See course 192.) Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
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The study and performance of vocal repertoire from 1400 to the present, including solo song, oratorio, opera, ensemble music. Emphasis is given to the development of effective performance skills, culminating in public performance. Attend first class meeting; concurrent enrollment in individual voice lessons with instructor of this course is required. See the enrollment conditions section of the quarterly Schedule of Classes. Enrollment limited to 20. May be repeated for credit. (General Education Code(s): A.)
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A course covering the music of North India taught using the oral traditions of Indian music. For beginners as well as more experienced students, this course is well suited for instrumentalists and vocalists. Interview; instructor determination at first class meeting. May be repeated for credit. (General Education Code(s): A.)
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Elementary instruction in piano technique, including group and individual performance experience. A minimum of six hours per week of individual practice is required. Curriculum is coordinated with keyboard requirements of courses 30L-M-N. Concurrent enrollment in courses 30L-M-N is required. Students are billed a course fee. Prerequisite(s): Instructor determination at first class meeting. Enrollment limited to 8. May be repeated for credit.
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One-half hour of individual instrumental or vocal instruction. Repertory, technique, and performance practice. A minimum of six hours per week of individual practice is required. Concurrent enrollment in an ensemble in the lesson instrument or voice is required. Students are billed a course fee. Admission by audition with the instructor prior to first class meeting. See the enrollment conditions section of the quarterly Schedule of Classes. Enrollment priority given to music majors and minors. May be repeated for credit.
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One hour of individual instrumental or vocal instruction. Repertory, technique, and performance practice. A minimum of nine hours per week of individual practice is required. Concurrent enrollment in an ensemble in the lesson instrument or voice is required. Students are billed a course fee. Admission by audition with the instructor prior to first class meeting. See the enrollment conditions section of the quarterly Schedule of Classes. Enrollment priority given to music majors and minors. May be repeated for credit.
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Elementary group instruction in instrumental (excluding piano) or vocal techniques, including group and individual performance experience. A minimum of six hours per week of individual practice is required. Students are billed a course fee. Admission by audition with the instructor prior to first class meeting. See the enrollment conditions section of the quarterly Schedule of Classes. Enrollment limited to 6. May be repeated for credit.
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Introduction to the basics of jazz improvisation, including theory, harmony, rhythm, improvisation techniques, aesthetics and idiomatic devices. Exposure to jazz repertoire through in-class performances of swing, blues, modal and Latin styles. Admission by audition with instructor at first class meeting. Enrollment limited to 20. May be repeated for credit.
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Studies in the modes, scales, chord alternations and extensions, chord voicings, chord progressions, and forms that underlie jazz improvisation, composition, and arranging in a variety of styles. Prerequisite(s): course 14. Enrollment limited to 30. (General Education Code(s): A.)
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Exploration of the commonalities between music cultures found along ancient trade routes through Asia. (General Education Code(s): T4-Humanities and Arts, A, E.)
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This survey of electronic music from previous centuries to the present studies the works and aesthetics of important composers, acoustics, musical perception, the effects of technological innovation on cultural evolution, and the development of synthesizers and computer music. (General Education Code(s): T6-Natural Sciences or Humanities and Arts, A.)
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In-depth study of select music cultures of Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Colombia, and Peru. Characteristic regional genres, ensembles, instruments, and music rituals. Case studies by ethnomusicologists with expertise in specific regional musics. Also Latin American Nueva Canción, women's musics, and overarching themes in Latin American music, as a whole. Offered on a rotational basis with other non-Western courses in the 80 series. (General Education Code(s): T4-Humanities and Arts, A, E.)
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Surveys American musicals from operetta through rock musicals with a historical approach focusing on selected examples from the literature. Music reading or musical experience helpful but not required. Offered in alternate academic years. (General Education Code(s): T4-Humanities and Arts, A.)
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Introductory study of the Hollywood music film, exploring the theory of film sound, the musical genre, and representative works from the 1920s to the present. Students expected to view about two films each week, read assigned section of texts, and contribute to class discussions. (General Education Code(s): T4-Humanities and Arts, A.)
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Historical, musicological, and anthropological study of the many (and often conflicting) worlds brought together by Israeli popular and art music: Jewish and Arabic traditions, Western ideals, and modern beats. Enrollment limited to 40. (General Education Code(s): T4-Humanities and Arts, A, E.)
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