Integrated Musicking Across Contexts IV

Catalog description

This course builds on what was taught in MUSI 289 and is designed to further prepare students in fundamental skills for musicking across a variety of contexts for music and wellness. It includes ways of musicking including music listening for entrainment and life review; building advanced skills on piano, guitar, and percussion; leading, accompanying and singing songs in a variety of genres with piano and guitar accompaniments; adapting, arranging, transposing and simplifying songs; improvising on piano, guitar, pitched and unpitched percussion instruments, and vocally; composing songs without words and producing rap tracks; and using music technology to recreate rap and hip hop, adding effects, and sharing music. Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.