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• MUSC 233: World Music Cultures

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  This course serves as an introduction to enthomusicology, and will explore the ways that music creates and reflects culture, drawing case studies from Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Topics discussed will include music's relationship to ritual, migration, globalization, politics, identity, technology, and memory. No prior background in music is necessary.
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• MUSC 234: Music in Latin America

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  This course will provide an introduction to the folk and popular musics of Latin America, exploring the connections between musical style and its sociocultural context and significance. Case studies will be drawn from across Latin America and will address music's relationship to issues of race, ethnicity, nation, gender, and politics.
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• MUSC 238: Music Theory Lab I

  1.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  The study of musical scales, intervals, and key signatures utilizing sight-singing, ear training and keyboard exercises. Laboratory three hours per week. Should normally be taken by majors concurrently with MUSC 246. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
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• MUSC 239: Music Theory Lab II

  1.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  Continuation of MUSC 238 with more ear training and sight-singing and beginning of four-part harmonic dictation. Laboratory three hours per week. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions.. Prerequisite:    MUSC 238
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• MUSC 240: Ger & Fren Diction for Singers

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  The pronunciation of German and French through the learning and use of the International Phonetic Alphabet. Students learn to transcribe the orthographic letters of the languages studied into IPA symbols, using these symbols as the key to correct pronunciation within musical scores.
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• MUSC 241: Italian & English Diction for

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  Students will be introduced to the International Phonetic Alphabet as it pertains to the pronunciation of Italian and English. Using the pronunciation rules of each language, students will be required to not only decipher the correct pronunciation of Italian and English in the notation of texts but also in spoken and singing examinations.
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• MUSC 246: Music Theory I

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  A study of tonal music theory including a review of music fundamentals, construction and analysis of triads and seventh chords, four-part writing including first and second inversions, and the basics of musical form. Majors should take MUSC 238 concurrently. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
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• MUSC 247: Music Theory II

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  A continuation of MUSC 246. Further study of tonal music including non-chord tones, diatonic seventh chords, secondary functions, modulations using common chords and other modulatory techniques, and a brief examination of larger musical forms. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions.. Prerequisite:    MUSC 246 AND MUSC 238
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• MUSC 280: Music as Culture

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  An introduction to ethnomusicology, or "the study of music as culture," for students with prior training in Western music. Students will analyze folk, art, and popular music from the world's cultures, examining the relationships between musical practices and structures and their cultural significance.
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• MUSC 292: Repertory Class: Voice

  1.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  A master class format in which students and faculty perform, critique and discuss various aspects of musical performance such as technique, interpretation and performance practice. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
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