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• MUS 217: MUSIC AND THE SPOKEN WORD

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is designed to develop and intensify the student's intellectual, emotional and aesthetic responses to the aural qualities of spoken word poetry and music through an examination of the similarities and differences between them. It combines rhythm, rhyme, music, drumming, and the power of words. Emphasis will be placed upon those works that particularly convey their meaning through aural and temporal devices.
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• MUS 224: CLASS PIANO III

  1.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course will serve as a continuation of Class Piano I and II and also as a placement for students with more fluent reading and playing skills than required for Class Piano II. A placement examination is required of students without prior study in Class Piano II.
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• MUS 225: JAZZ:ITS HIS & INFLUENCE

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  A study that explores the logical musical derivatives and developments in jazz and how these developments affected and continue to affect individual jazz styles.
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• MUS 226: JAZZ IMPROVISATION

  2.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is an introduction to jazz improvisation and is designed to increase the student's understanding of the principles of improvisation in the jazz idiom. Through lecture and demonstration the student will receive instruction in the basics of jazz improvisation as founded in the bebop era of jazz history.
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• MUS 228: HIS OF AMER MUS THEATRE

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is an advanced history and survey of the musical, the American contribution to the world of theatre. In addition to examining contemporary musicals, American precursors and European influences, innovators and innovations in music, libretto, staging and choreography will be studied as a means of illustrating changes and trends in music theatre.
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• MUS 230: INTRO TO MUSIC TECHNOLOGY

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course will present the student with an investigation into the equipment and materials available in current trends in music technology. Information presented in the course will relate to the practicing musician as well as music teachers. The course will cover the technique and creative process of incorporating music technology into the school curriculum to meet current standards, and the methods of adapting music technology to various classroom and ensemble settings.
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• MUS 24: CLASS PIANO I

  1.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  A course in practical keyboard facility, sight reading, and harmonization of folk melodies and songs. For all students interested in obtaining a better understanding of music by means of keyboard work. Useful for elementary majors who do not present a minimum degree of proficiency in piano.
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• MUS 279: PRIV INST/MUSIC COMPOSITN

  1.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is one-half hour per week private instruction in the techniques of music composition. The course will be offered consistent with student demand, availability of faculty and facilities.
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• MUS 291: SEL TPS IN MUSIC

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  Topics in the field of Music will be selected for study. For example, topics may include music literature courses such as genres, stylistic periods, ethnic music, performers and composers, or music theory courses such as analysis of selected works, counterpoint, and twentieth century compositional techniques. The course may be repeated for credit provided that the same topic is not repeated. Prerequisites will be determined by the topic selected.
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• MUS 292: AUDIO ENGINEERING I

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is an introduction to the field of audio engineering. The primary focus of the course is an investigation of recording session procedures including the technical specifications and operational features of each component in the recording studio. Emphasis is placed on developing logistical and auditory perception skills for recording engineers.
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