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MUS 100 - Music Appreciation

Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Practicum Hours: 0
Work Experience: 0
Course Type: Core


A survey of the development of western arts music through study of representative compositions of many periods and styles. Includes definitions of musical terminology and a major emphasis on listening.
Competencies
  1. Define human emotional responses to basic music concepts
    1. Discuss the affective domain in relationship to music.
    2. Define the aesthetic experience generally
    3. Relate the aesthetic experience personally
  2. Compare differences in the elements of music
    1. Show differences in pitch regarding highness and lowness.
    2. Compare dynamic changes between loudness and softness.
    3. Demonstrate an understanding of timbre via use of specific instruments and voices.
    4. Define rhythm: particularly level of rhythmic involvement and tempo.
  3. Develop listening skills to discern varieties
    1. Identify changes in melody with regard to movement by steps and leaps; degrees of repetition, phrases, and cadences
    2. Contrast levels of harmony particularly with regard to consonance and dissonance, as well as harmonic changes
    3. Define musical texture: polyphonic, homophonic, monophonic.
    4. Interpret musical form
  4. Categorize appropriate musical vocabulary
    1. Identify musical terms commonly found in music
    2. Apply definitions in relationship to styles and types of music
  5. Interpret and identify musical characteristics prevalent during various eras including the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, the 20th Century and Contemporary. This includes the following but is not limited to:
    1. Analyze the development of the musical elements
    2. Identify significant musical involvement
    3. Determine qualities and characters of specific composers.
    4. Categorize representative works of each style period,
    5. Compare the relationship of music to society and the other arts.
  6. Create written assignments as a culmination of course objectives
    1. Utilize elements of music knowledge by attending a musical performance
    2. Determine listening elements regarding a musical performance
    3. Combine musical terms and vocabulary appropriately in written assignments

 
Competencies Revised Date: 2020



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