Skyline College: Music

Music Theory & History	Piano Courses
Guitar Courses	Voice Courses
Band & Choir	Music Degree

Guitar Courses

MUS 377 GUITAR I (2)
(Credit/No Credit or letter grade.)
Three lecture hours per week plus three lab hours per week by arrangement.
Basic guitar instruction. Stringing, tuning, fingering, playing techniques, notation, chords and chord progressions, reading guitar music, strum techniques, fingerpicking, playing simple melodies, and accompaniment. Emphasis on popular and folk music literature. Introduction to music theory for the guitar and voice. Individual and group instruction. Transfer credit: UC; CSU.

MUS 378 GUITAR II (2)
(Credit/No Credit or letter grade.)
Three lecture hours per week plus three lab hours per week by arrangement. Prerequisite: MUS. 377 or demonstrated equivalent skills.
Continuation of skills begun in MUS 377. Areas covered include barre-chords, CAGED chord and scale theory, blues scales, harmonized major scales, accompaniment techniques, and major and minor scale patterns. Emphasis on popular music literature. Intermediate music theory for the guitar. Individual and group instruction. Transfer credit: UC; CSU.

MUS 379 GUITAR III (2)
(Credit/No Credit or letter grade.)
Three lecture hours per week plus three lab hours per week by arrangement. Prerequisite: MUS 378 or demonstrated equivalent skills.
Intermediate/advanced guitar instruction. Principles of moveable chord and scale structure (CAGED), advanced strumming and fingerpicking patterns, advanced theory (scale, secondary dominants, and motif development), improvisation, arpeggios, and reading music. Emphasis on American music literature. Individual and group instruction. May be repeated twice for credit. Transfer credit: UC; CSU.

MUS 380 GUITAR IV (2)
(Credit/No Credit or letter grade.)
Two lecture hours and one lab hour per week plus 3 hours by arrangement per week. Prerequisite: MUS. 379 or equivalent.
Continuation of the development of skills begun in MUS 379. Additional material includes motif development, improvising, three notes per string scales, blues techniques, counterpoint, walking bass, modern rhythmic techniques, and other advanced guitar techniques. Individual and group instruction. May be repeated for credit a maximum of three times. Transfer credit: CSU. (NOTE: UC transferability pending; please see the Transfer Opportunity Center for the most up-to-date transfer information.)

MUS 383 GUITAR ENSEMBLE I (2)
(Credit/No Credit or letter grade.)
Two lecture hours and one lab hour per week plus 3 hours by arrangement per week. Prerequisite: MUS 378 or equivalent.
A course for guitarists in techniques from Doo-Wop and Rhythm and Blues to Rock in a small ensemble. Students work extensively on these styles and within the application with the intention of public performance. Public performance required. May be repeated for credit a maximum of three times. Transfer credit: CSU.

Voice Courses

MUS. 401, 402, 403, 404 *VOICE I, II, III and IV (2, 2, 2, 2)
Two lecture hours and one lab hour per week plus three hours by arrangement per week. Prerequisites: MUS. 402 – MUS. 401 or placement by audition; MUS. 403 – MUS. 402 or placement by audition; MUS. 404 – MUS. 403 or placement by audition. Transfer credit: UC; CSU.

Courses marked with an asterisk (*) require three hours studio practice per week.

MUS. 401 *VOICE I
Two lecture hours and one lab hour per week plus three hours by arrangement per week.
Training in vocal technique, musical expression and performance skills for the beginning singer. Content includes posture, breathing, tone production, music fundamentals, English diction, and performance preparation techniques. Transfer credit: UC; CSU.

MUS. 402 *VOICE II
Two lecture hours and one lab hour per week plus three hours by arrangement per week. Prerequisite: MUS. 401 or placement by audition.
Continuation of training in vocal technique, musical expression and performance skills begun in MUS. 401 for the intermediate singer. Content includes refinement of posture, breathing, tone production, and performance preparation techniques. Further studies in music theory and language diction. Emphasis placed on song interpretation and vocal styles. Transfer credit: UC; CSU.

MUS. 403* VOICE III
Two lecture hours and one lab hour per week plus three hours by arrangement per week. Prerequisite: MUS. 402 or placement by audition.
Continuation of training in vocal technique, musical expression and performance skills begun in MUS. 401 and 402 for intermediate/advanced singers. Content includes refinement of psuture, breathing, tone production, and performance preparation techniques. Further studies in music theory and language diction. Emphasis placed on song interpretation and vocal styles. Transfer credit: UC; CSU.

MUS. 404 * VOICE IV
Two lecture hours and one lab hour per week plus three hours by arrangement per week. Prerequisite: MUS. 403 or placement by audition.
Continuation of training in vocal technique, musical expression and performance skills begun in MUS. 401, 402 and 403 for advanced singers. Content includes refinement of posture, breathing, tone production, and performance preparation techniques. Further studies in music theory and language diction. Emphasis placed on song interpretation and vocal styles. May be repeated once for credit. Transfer credit: UC; CSU.


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