Page 157 of Antelope Valley College 1995-1996 Catalog by Antelope Valley Community College Lancaster California

Music 155 and performed) of bass and treble clefs; relationships of tonal centers, key signatures, and major, minor and modal scales; basic rhythmic skills including syncopation; construction of intervals, triads and seventh chords and their inversions; and application of the circle of fifths. Special applications include writing form charts, lead sheets, chord charts and transpositions; and playing (at the piano) melodies and chords in all keys from written symbols. (CSU, AVC) MUSIC 8 *WRITING MUSIC FOR SONGS 3 units 3 hours weekly Prerequisite: Completion of MUSIC 7. A course designed to develop the ability to write songs. (CSU, AVC) MUSIC 9A *ARRANGING MUSIC FOR INSTRUMENTS I 3 units 3 hours weekly Advisory: Completion of MUSIC 7. A course designed to teach the arranging of music for instruments. (CSU, AVC) MUSIC 9BR4 *ARRANGING MUSIC FOR INSTRUMENTS II 3 units 3 hours weekly Prerequisite: Completion of MUSIC 9A. A continuation of MUSIC 9A to teach the arranging of music for instruments. (CSU, AVC) MUSIC 10A KEYBOARD HARMONY I 2 units 3 hours weekly Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL 51BR2. Required of music majors, this course introduces students to the practical application of harmonic and contrapuntal principles at the keyboard. (CSU, AVC) MUSIC 10B KEYBOARD HARMONY II 2 units 3 hours weekly Prerequisite: Completion of MUSIC 10A. Required of music majors, this course continues the practical keyboard application of harmonic and contrapuntal principles begun in MUSIC 10A. (CSU, AVC) MUSIC 10C KEYBOARD HARMONY III 2 units 3 hours weekly Prerequisite: Completion of MUSIC 10B. Required of music majors, this course continues the practical keyboard application of harmonic and contrapuntal principles from MUSIC 10B. (CSU, AVC) MUSIC 10D KEYBOARD HARMONY IV 2 units 3 hours weekly Prerequisite: Completion of MUSIC 10C. Required of music majors, this course continues the practical keyboard application of harmonic and contrapuntal principles from MUSIC 10C. (CSU, AVC) MUSIC 12A *HISTORY OF MUSIC IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION 3 units 3 hours weekly Prerequisite: Completion of MUSIC 4A. Advisory: Completion of MUSIC 4B. This course presents an historical overview of western music from the Renaissance to approximately 1750. Students will incorporate study of composers lives and the historical period in which they lived, with score study and listening to recordings of the standard repertoire. They will develop the ability to identify a composers work by the distinctive characteristics displayed by each composer. Students will begin to put into perspective the historical context of various pieces of music, the artistic, political, and sociological influences on composers of music, and learn to intelligently analyze and dissect different musical styles. (CSU, UC, AVC) MUSIC 12B *HISTORY OF MUSIC IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION 3 units 3 hours weekly Prerequisite: Completion of MUSIC 4B and, Eligibility for ENGL 50BR4 and ENGL 51BR2. This course presents an historical overview of western music from the approximate 1750 to the present. Students will incorporate study of composers lives and the historical period in which they lived, with score study and listening to recordings of the standard repertoire. They will develop the ability to identify a composers work by the distinctive characteristics displayed by each composer. Students will begin to put into perspective the historical context of various pieces of music, the artistic, political, and sociological influences on composers of music, and learn to intelligently analyze and dissect different musical styles. (CSU, UC, AVC) MUSIC 13 *SURVEY OF JAZZ AND POPULAR MUSIC 3 units 3 hours weekly Advisory: Eligibility for ENGL 50BR4 and ENGL 51BR2. A study of jazz, popular music, and rock from early backgrounds through current Top-40 and other contemporary styles. (CSU, UC, AVC) MUSIC 14 *THE MUSIC INDUSTRY 3 units 3 hours weekly Advisory: Eligibility for ENGL 50BR4 and ENGL 51BR2. A class to acquaint students with various professions in the music industry. Professions include performing, arranging composition/publishing, recording, music production, radio/television, writing/ critiquing, music store employment,

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