MUSI 105 — Commercial/Jazz Theory and Musicianship
Units: 3 Lecture Hours: 54 Lab Hours: 0 Outside Hours: 108 Grading Method: Letter Credit Status: Credit, degree applicable Conditions of Enrollment: Prerequisite: MUSI 101 with a minimum grade of C or equivalent Recommended Preparation: MUSI 103A or equivalent In this course, students acquire knowledge of tonal harmony used in commercial music and jazz. Emphasis is placed on harmonic, rhythmic, and melodic vocabularies, chord-scale relationships, and basic keyboard applications. Students develop skills in ear training, writing transcriptions of recorded performances, composition, and music manuscript preparation. MUSI 1 1 1 - Music Appreciation Survey (CSU, UC) Units: 3 Lecture Hours: 54 Lab Hours: 0 Outside Hours: 108 Grading Method: Letter Credit Status: Credit, degree applicable Conditions of Enrollment: None This course focuses on the major stylistic periods of Western art music from the Middle Ages until the end of the 20th Century. An emphasis will be placed on the music heard in North American and European concert halls. Examples will be presented in the context of contemporaneous social, political, and artistic movements and events. Basic musical elements, terminology, voice categories, and instruments of the orchestra will be included. MUSI 1 12 - Music Cultures of World (CSU, UC) Units: 3 Lecture Hours: 54 Lab Hours: 0 Outside Hours: 108 Grading Method: Letter Credit Status: Credit, degree applicable Conditions of Enrollment: None This course focuses on the styles,