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Development of listening, sightsinging and keyboard skills. Course will include the study of melodic and rhythmic notation, scales, key signatures, rhythmic patterns and melodic and harmonic intervals through written and oral exercises. Prerequisite: LAU110 or permission of instructor 2 quarter hours Counts in the Fine Arts Area of General Education Requirements.

Continuation of Musicianship I; course will further explore melodic and rhythmic notation, rhythmic patterns and harmonic structures through written and oral exercises. Prerequisites: LAU205. 2 quarter hours. Counts in the Fine Arts Area of General Education Requirements.

Continuation of Musicianship I and II; course will further explore melodic, rhythmic and harmonic notation, rhythmic patterns and harmonic structures through written and oral exercises. Prerequisites: LAU206. 2 quarter hours. Counts in the Fine Arts Area of General Education Requirements.

Development of skills required to interpret the relationship between musical elements in any composition. Course will include the in-depth study of musical notation, melody, rhythm, voice leading, harmony and form. Prerequisites: LAU207. 5 quarter hours. Counts in the Fine Arts Area of General Education Requirements.

This course will provide the opportunity to understand different aspects of musical experience and to become more familiar with how music works. Students will learn musical vocabulary to expand musical perception and increase listening skills. Exploring popular and classical music in different cultural contexts, a variety of individual compositions will be examined within spiritual, gender, political and emotional contexts, as well as the context of film. Prerequisite(s): none. Co-requisite(s): none. 5 quarter hours