Development of aural responsiveness to all elements of music, and of sightsinging techniques as an aid to music comprehension and performance.

Development of aural responsiveness to all elements of music, and of sightsinging techniques as an aid to music comprehension and performance.

Development of aural responsiveness to all elements of music, and of sightsinging techniques as an aid to music comprehension and performance.

Development of aural responsiveness to all elements of music, and of sightsinging techniques as an aid to music comprehension and performance.

Development of aural responsiveness to all elements of music, and of sightsinging techniques as an aid to music comprehension and performance.

The acquisition of harmonic vocabulary and development of part-writing techniques, elementary counterpoint, free composition, and analysis.

The acquisition of harmonic vocabulary and development of part-writing techniques, elementary counterpoint, free composition, and analysis.

The acquisition of harmonic vocabulary and development of part-writing techniques, elementary counterpoint, free composition, and analysis.

An introduction to the basic materials of musical organization, focusing on music reading, rudiments of notation, pitch, scale, tonal, and rhythmic organization, melodic construction, simple harmonic vocabulary, and beginning aural training. Individual composition and improvisation exercises are used to approach much of this material. Ability to read music is not a prerequisite.

In MUS 222, students will be introduced to the fundamental elements of rock music, the artists and stylistic periods in rock history, and the cultural, political, social, and technological issues rock music has raised in the United States. The class will promote a better understanding of the way creativity impacts rock lyrics, compositional processes, and will also introduce elements of ethnomusicology to study issues of rock's creative presentation of identity, gender, race, sexuality, class, and ethnicity.