printer friendly pageMUSIC 20B: Advanced Jazz Theory
Approaches to improvisation through listening and transcribing, and developing familiarity with important contributors to this music. Topics: scale theory, altered dominants, and substitute harmony. Prerequisite: 20A or consent of instructor.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II, WAY-CE
Instructors:
Nadel, J. (PI)
MUSIC 20C: Jazz Arranging and Composition
Jazz arranging and composition for small ensembles. Foundation for writing for big band. Prerequisite: 20A or consent of instructor.
Last offered: Winter 2014
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-CE
MUSIC 21: Elements of Music I
Preference to majors. Introduction to tonal theory. Practice and analysis. Diatonic harmony focusing on melodic and harmonic organization, functional relationships, voice-leading, and tonal structures. Students must concurrently enroll in an Ear-training and musicianship lab (
MUSIC 24a, 24b, or 24c as appropriate). Music majors must take 4 courses in ear training, and pass an ear training exit exam in their Junior year. Enrollment limited to 40. Prerequisites: (1) Piano Proficiency Exam (must be passed within the first two weeks of the term) or
MUSIC 12A (may be taken concurrently); (2) Passing grade on a basic musical skills proficiency examination on the first day of class or
MUSIC 19.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II, WAY-CE
MUSIC 22: Elements of Music II
Preference to majors. Introduction to chromatic harmony focusing on secondary functions, modulations, harmonic sequences, mode mixture, and the Neapolitan, and augmented sixth chords. Analysis of musical forms and harmonizations complemented by harmonic and melodic dictation, sight singing, and other practical skills. Students must concurrently enroll in an Ear-training and musicianship lab (
MUSIC 24a, 24b, or 24c as appropriate). Music majors must take 4 courses in ear training, and pass an ear training exit exam in their Junior year. Prerequisites: (1)
MUSIC 21; (2) Piano Proficiency Exam or
MUSIC 12B (may be taken concurrently).
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-CE, GER:DB-Hum
MUSIC 23: Elements of Music III
Preference to majors. Continuation of chromatic harmony and complex forms of late Romantic period. Satisfactory passage of ear-training proficiency exam, part of the course's final, is a requirement for course completion and for continuation in the major sequence. Students must concurrently enroll in an Ear-training and musicianship lab (
MUSIC 24a, 24b, or 24c as appropriate). Music majors must take 4 courses in ear training, and pass an ear training exit exam in their Junior year. Prerequisites: (1)
MUSIC 22; (2) Piano Proficiency Exam or
MUSIC 12C (may be taken concurrently).
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-CE, GER:DB-Hum
MUSIC 24A: Ear Training I
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 1-2
MUSIC 24B: Ear Training II
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-2
Instructors:
Arul, E. (PI)
;
Chapman, J. (TA)
;
Huberth, M. (TA)
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Instructors:
Arul, E. (PI)
;
Chapman, J. (TA)
;
Huberth, M. (TA)
;
Jain, N. (TA)
;
Naranjo Rivadeneyra, I. (TA)
MUSIC 24C: Ear Training III
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-2
Instructors:
Arul, E. (PI)
;
Chapman, J. (TA)
;
Huberth, M. (TA)
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Instructors:
Arul, E. (PI)
;
Chapman, J. (TA)
;
Huberth, M. (TA)
;
Jain, N. (TA)
;
Naranjo Rivadeneyra, I. (TA)
MUSIC 24K: Keyboard Harmony
In this practical introduction to keyboard harmony, students learn to play, analyze and improvise chord progressions at the keyboard. The course covers reading figured bass, playing chord progressions in all major and minor keys, and score reading. Students also analyze and perform solo repertoire that progresses through the semester from simple pieces to the level of a Bach invention and chorale. Preference given to majors. Keyboard harmony supports material learned in
MUSIC 24B and 24C and counts as an ear training course. Prerequisites: (1) Piano Proficiency Exam, (2)
MUSIC 24A.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 15 units total)
Instructors:
Savage, K. (PI)
MUSIC 30N: A Stranger in a Strange Land: Jewish Musics in Translation
What does it mean to be a stranger in a strange land? For centuries Jewish people have struggled to shape their identities in unfamiliar surroundings, using music to remember the past and generate new, hybrid identities. In this class we adopt the metaphor of translation to think about how minority Jewish communities bridge distinct languages, musical idioms, and cultural practices. Our theme will take us on a journey across time and space¿from Italy to India, New York, Syria, Russia, and Israel. We consider the case of Salamone Rossi, a 17th-century Italian Jewish composer who moved uneasily between dual careers in the synagogue and a secular/Christian court. We also explore a group of Indian Jews (Bene Israel) who combine idioms learned from Jewish and Christian missionaries with local Hindu musical traditions. In all our examples musicians translate languages, musical styles, and cultures to unite memories of a Jewish past with the realities of minority status in the present. The class format includes listening, discussion, some singing, student presentations, and guest lectures.
Last offered: Winter 2013
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
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