- Foundations of Theory and Musicianship

Catalog description

A comprehensive and immersive introduction to fundamental skills and concepts in music, with an emphasis on active listening and creation. Through rudimentary theoretical training, targeted listening activities, and embodied approaches to pitch and rhythm, students will develop a sense of beat, meter, and tonality, applicable not only to Western classical styles, but non-Western, jazz, and popular genres as well. Students will be guided through aural techniques to distinguish elements of repetition, contour, texture, and timbre, and will learn to recognize and perform basic rhythmic and tonal patterns. By the end of this course, students will have gained the requisite skills to progress on to and be successful in MU 241 . Meets three times a week, with an accompanying lab.