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• MUSC 146: Fundamentals of Music

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  A study of the basics of music notation and its realization. Includes a study of scales, key signatures, intervals, rhythmic notation and chord construction. Sight-singing of simple melodies and ear training will also be included. NOTE: This course does not satisfy the humanities requirement. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
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• MUSC 147: Fundamentals of Music II

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  A continuation of MUSC 146. Harmonization of simple melodies, a study of non-harmonic tones, cadences, introduction to figured bass and harmonic analysis. Sight-singing and ear training will be a major part of the course. NOTE: This course does not satisfy the humanities requirement. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions.. Prerequisite:    MUSC 146
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• MUSC 161: Concert Choir

  1.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  The study and performance of choral music, both sacred and secular, from the Renaissance to the 20th century. Laboratory three hours per week. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
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• MUSC 222: Special Topics for Non-Majors

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  This course is a series of special topics courses designed for the non-music major. Course topics will change from semester to semester and will remain broad so as not to require an extensive background in music. The ability to read music is not required. Like MUSC 131, MUSC 222 is accepted as a humanities credit. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
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• MUSC 223: History of Electronic Music

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  This course examines the history and practice of electronic music from the early twentieth century to the present. We will explore a wide range of genres-from experimental forms like musique concrète and drone composition to popular traditions like rock and various forms of electronic dance music (EDM)-as well as the evolution of instruments, techniques, and lines of influence. Through the course you will develop a broad perspective of the history of the field and an understanding of musical techniques that will meaningfully inform your own listening and creative practices.
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• MUSC 225: The Beatles & Musical Culture

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  The music of The Beatles has maintained its vitality and significance for more than fifty years, through profound changes of styles, fashions, and generations. Why do their songs remain popular? What makes them significant, and how have their meanings changed over time? How does their music relate to the broader musical and artistic developments of the 1960s? This course examines the phenomenon of The Beatles from multiple perspectives: their early influences, the development of their style from album to album, their complex and often provocative engagement with the cultures of the United States and Britain during the 1960s, and the songs themselves as distinctive acts of artistic expression.
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• MUSC 227: Broadway: The Hist of Amer Mus

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  Students will review and analyzie a wide variety of American musical theater productions and develop an understanding of their cultural and social significance.
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• MUSC 229: Songwriting

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  This course examines songwriting from historical and practical perspectives. Students will place in a historical context songs from a broad spectrum of artists and consider how songs both reflect and shape culture, identity and technology. Songwriters studied include Kendrick Lamar, John Dowland, Bob Dylan, Taylor Swift, Frank Ocean, Franz Schubert, The Beatles, Max Martin, Dirty Projectors, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sia, Muddy Waters, The Shaggs and many more. Students will also write original music and present it in class, discussing how the basic components of songwriting-lyrics, melody, chord progressions, rhythm, arrangement, performance, production and form-work together to create a song.
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• MUSC 230: Masterworks of Music Lit

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  A study of representative compositions by master composers from 1700 to the present. No technical knowledge of music is required, but some familiarity with classical music is helpful. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions.. Prerequisite:    MUSC 131
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• MUSC 232: His of Popular Music in US

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  An outline of the history of popular music in the U.S., beginning with the minstrel shows of the 1840s and continuing through the 1960s. The course will identify three revolutions in popular music: Early popular music (1840s-1900); the modern era of popular music (1900-on); the rock 'n' roll era (mid-1950s-on). The course will examine those cultural traditions that blended together to shape our history of popular music. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
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