MUSI 101 - Music Appreciation3 Credit (3 lecture, 0 lab) 3 Contact Hours
This introduction to the various styles of music increases the understanding, awareness and enjoyment of music through the development of proper listening habits and includes recordings and demonstrations.
OFFERED: fall and spring semesters
Course Goals; Objectives; Competencies
Goal 1: Analyze musical pieces for form, texture, timbre, harmony, melody, and rhythm.
Objectives:
- Differentiate form in musical pieces.
- Describe the texture in a piece of music.
- Describe the timbre in a piece of music.
- Categorize simple harmonic progressions in musical pieces.
- Categorize repeating and contrasting melodic motives in a piece of music.
- Categorize repeating and contrasting rhythmic motives in a piece of music.
Goal 2: Classify musical pieces as to culture.
Objectives:
- Categorize pieces as to their country of origin.
- Categorize pieces as to their style.
Goal 3: Characterize musical pieces as to their style, composer, and time period.
Objectives:
- Categorize pieces as to their time period.
- Discuss a style of music and the composers who wrote in that style.
- Discuss the history of a specific piece of music and its composer.
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