MUSC 103A, 103B, 143A, 143B, 203A, 203B, 243A, 243B
Basic Instrument I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII (1 unit each)
Private instruction. Open to all students. Not applicable toward music major requirements. Student may register for thirty or sixty minute lesson per week. Minimum of five hours practice per week required. Private instruction and practice fee. Instruction fee is commensurate with instruction time.
MUSC 105A, 105B, 145A, 145B, 205A, 205B, 245A, 245B
Class Piano I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII (1 unit each)
Techniques of performance, note reading, and basic musicianship in successive levels. Open to all students. Advanced placement by permission of the instructor. Class meets two hours per week. Lab fee.
MUSC 107A, 107B, 147A, 147B, 207A, 207B, 247A, 247B
Basic Piano I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII (1 unit each)
Private instruction open to all students. Provides alternative study for non-music majors, or for music majors preparing for the piano proficiency examination. Not applicable toward music major or music minor requirements. May register for thirty or sixty minute lesson per week. Minimum of five hours practice per week required. Private instruction and practice fee. Instruction fee is commensurate with instruction time.
MUSC 108 • Beginning Guitar I (1 unit each)
Group guitar instruction open to all students, no previous experience necessary. Basic and intermediate guitar techniques, such as: tuning, major and minor open chords, shord charts, note reading and tablature, basic strumming patterns, basic finger picking, major, minor and pentatonic scales, and basic theory.
This course is required of all music majors, minors, and worship and the arts majors studying guitar as their applied instrument. Music students wishing to be exempt must pass the guitar placement exam. Class meets two hours each week.
MUSC 109A, 109B, 149A, 149B, 209A, 209B, 249A, 249B
Basic Voice I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII (1 unit each)
Private instruction open to all students. May register for thirty or sixty minute lesson per week. Not applicable toward music major or music minor requirements. Minimum of five hours practice per week required. Private instruction and practice fee. Instruction fee is commensurate with instruction time.
MUSC 111 • Class Voice (1 unit)
Group instruction in the fundamentals of singing. Class meets two hours each week.
MUSC 114A, 114B, 214A, 214B, 314A, 314B, 414A, 414B
Recital Attendance (0 units)
Regular recitals are presented by faculty, guest artists, and selected students from the studios of applied music instructors. Attendance at a specified number of general recitals is required of all music degree candidates for eight semesters, music minors for four semesters, and students studying private music instruction for general elective units for the semester in which they are enrolled. Offered on a Credit/fail basis only.
MUSC 208 • Fretboard Techniques (1 unit each)
Group guitar instruction open to all students with previous experience studying the guitar. Direct application of diatonic and chromatic harmony as they are relevant to the guitar fretboard, such as: chord voicing & positioning, scale proficiency, sight-reading in all positions, shord chard and lead sheet reading, progression & melody transposition, arranging and improvisation. Students will also create a resume and develop networking techniques. This course is required for all music majors, minors, and worship and the arts majors studying guitar as their applied instrument. Music students wishing to be exempt from the course must pass the guitar proficiency exam. Class meets two hours each week.
MUSC 255 • Foreign Language Diction (2 units)
Designed for voice majors. Study and practice of Italian, German, Latin, and French pronunciation. This course is only offered Spring of even years.
MUSC 351 • Piano Pedagogy I (2 units)
Prerequisite: Six semester of private piano at the college level or consent of the instructor. Survey of teaching methods and materials for beginning students. Study of learning styles, private studio procedures, and lesson planning. Includes observation of private and class piano and supervised experience teaching private lessons at the elementary level.
MUSC 353 • Piano Pedagogy II (2 units)
Prerequisite: Piano Pedagogy I or consent of the instructor. A continued study of methods and materials used in teaching intermediate level students. Includes observation of private and class piano and supervised experience teaching class piano.
MUSC 420 • Vocal Pedagogy (2 units)
Prerequisites: Six semesters of private voice instruction at college level. Scientific exploration into the workings of the vocal mechanism and the technique of vocal production. A survey of common vocal faults, corrective exercises and an overview of various vocal styles will be included. Under supervision of voice faculty, students will be required to teach a private voice student (basic instruction or non-college student), 30 minutes per week for six weeks towards the end of semester. This course is only offered Spring of odd years.
