Introduces the basic elements and organizational forms of music, and emphasizes listening skills, music vocabulary, and being open-minded toward all types of music.
Goals, Topics, and Objectives
The goal of this course is to provide liberal arts and technical students an opportunity to develop an open-mindedness toward all music. General music listening experience using specific music vocabulary will be introduced.
- Elements of music:
Identify the elements used in a musical composition including pitch, time, timbre and instrumentation.
- Organization of music:
Identify the structure of a musical composition, including simple to complex forms, composite forms, and free and miscellaneous forms.
- Chronology of Western Civilization Music:
Identify the general conventions of periods in Western music history, including Early, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern, Contemporary-Jazz, Pop, and Rock & Roll, and identify major composers from each of these periods.
- Genre and Style:
Identify the defining elements of a musical genre or style, including musical content, as well as lyrical considerations and political or personal subtexts.
Assessment and Requirements
- Homework Assignments
- Written quizzes, tests
- Listening quizzes, tests
- Written concert reviews
To be determined by instructor.
Outcomes
- Humanities and Fine Arts
- Humanities
- Category 5: Humanities and Fine Arts
Credit for Prior College-Level Learning
Determined by department