MUSI 101 - Music Appreciation 3 Credit: (3 lecture, 0 lab, 0 clinical) 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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