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2023-2024 General Catalog 
    
2023-2024 General Catalog
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MUA 180 - Applied Percussion


Last Date of Approval: Spring 2021

1 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 0
Total Lab Hours: 45
Total Clinical Hours: 0
Total Work-Based Experience Hours: 0

Course Description:
This course offers one half-hour lesson of private instruction per week, with a minimum of 30 minutes of practice per day. The goal is the development of both fundamental and advanced instrumental techniques. This course helps students build confidence in public presentation and enhance their personal responsibility to achieve a higher level of personal performance, consider the amount of individual practice time required to reach their highest level of performance, and effectively express themselves, all of which will benefit them in the classroom, in life, and in the workforce.  

Prerequisites/Corequisites: None

Mode(s) of Instruction: traditional/face-to-face

Credit for Prior Learning: There are no Credit for Prior Learning opportunities for this course.

Course Fees: Lesson fee: $130.00

Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
  • Develop and maintain a practice routine.
  • Gain familiarity with musical literature associated to percussion.
  • Develop improvisation and composition skills related to percussion.
  • Learn and use a vocabulary specific to music.
  • Further develop competencies in basic musicianship.
  • Develop appreciation and skills needed to perform a variety of musical styles and genres.
  • Develop work-place skills pertinent to any profession.
  • Develop the ability to read and interpret music accurately.
  • Develop the ability to sight-read music on a consistent basis.
  • Develop the ability to solve technical problems associated with musical
  • performance.
  • Gain a fundamental understanding of the mechanics and techniques required to play various percussion instruments.

Course Objectives:

  • Make use of music terminology in all discussion and written work
  • Apply specific terminology in all manuscript work.
  • Participate in ensemble sight-reading exercises.
  • Demonstrate ability to ready rhythms, meters, and key signatures (as needed).
  • Illustrate an understanding and use of correct intonation.
  • Communicate effectively to maintain working relationships.
  • Discuss and create alternative solutions to problems or situations that arise.
  • Daily assess own contribution to the ensemble.



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