13 courses with the subject MUTH, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
MUTH 102Music Fundamentals3
This course is designed to present basic music reading and writing skills. It will include a study of the terms, symbols, and techniques used in the understanding of music on the printed page. (Fall, Spring)
This course is designed to present basic theoretical concepts and techniques in the writing of music. It will include a study of the rudiments of musical materials, the harmonic, melodic, rhythmic, and basic formal procedures of traditional practices with an introduction to compositional techniques. Four-part structures through seventh chords will be covered. Prerequisite: MUTH 102.
This course is a continuation of MUTH 213 with emphasis on expanded harmonies and analytic techniques. Prerequisite: MUTH 213 or permission of Instructor.
This course is designed to develop music reading and related aural skills necessary for the attainment of a sense of relative pitch and harmonic and rhythmic structure of music. Solfeggio and melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic dictation will be covered. Individual performance measured.
This course is a continuation of MUTH 240 (formerly MUTH 130) and will continue study of rhythm and pitch including subdivided beat in compound time, syncopation, major and minor scale activities, intervals, triads and diatonic melodies. Course will also include continuation of dictation and individual performance measurement. Prerequisite: MUTH 240 (formerly MUTH 130). (Spring)
This course is a continuation of MUTH 214 covering further expanded harmonic materials, including practical knowledge of twentieth-century harmonic resources, and ninth, eleventh and thirteenth chords. Formal and chordal analyses from Baroque to twentieth century are included. Prerequisite: MUTH 214.
This course is a study of the art of writing for the instruments of the band and orchestra. It is concerned with tone color, technical capacities, ranges, and use in various combinations and with setting out of an orchestral score. Prerequisite: MUTH 314.
This course is a study of basic techniques of musical composition. The course includes practical experience in developing musical ideas and the use of musical forms. Students will also learn the basic characteristics of common instruments like the piano, strings and percussion instruments. Students will learn to use the notation software Sibelius or Finale. Students will complete a portfolio of music compositions for acoustic instruments or electronic media. Prerequisite: MUTH 214.
This course is a continuation of MUTH 241 (formerly MUTH 131) with emphasis on diatonic major and minor melodies in simple and compound time with subdivided beat, syncopation and leaps of thirds, fourths, fifths, sixths and octaves. Prerequisite: MUTH 241 (formerly MUTH 131). (Fall)
This course is a continuation of MUTH 341 (formerly MUTH 230) with emphasis on non-diatonic major and minor melodies in simple and compound time with divided and subdivided beat, syncopation and leaps of thirds, fourths, fifths, sixths and octaves. Prerequisite: MUTH 341 (formerly MUTH 230). (Spring)
This course is a study of eighteenth-century contrapuntal style; writing exercises in two-and four-part canons and fugues and inventions. Prerequisite: MUTH 314.