Course Info: HACU-0278
| Course | HACU-0278 Div. II & III Music Seminar |
| Long Title | Div. II & III music seminar: analysis and application |
| Term | 2025F |
| Note(s) |
Instructor Permission Required Textbook information |
| Meeting Info | Music and Dance Building 110 on M,W from 1:00-2:20 |
| Faculty | Junko Oba |
| Capacity | 8 |
| Available | 8 |
| Waitlist | 0 |
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| Additional Info | Students should expect to spend 6-8 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time |
| Description | Musical analysis is, essentially, the attempt to bridge the gap
between our intuitions about music and our conscious knowledge of
it. In analyzing works that we feel to be intrinsically
worthwhile we are trying to correlate our subjective responses
with observable analytical properties in the music. This course
explores a number of well-established approaches to musical
analysis through guided listening, notation-based analyses,
discussion, and some compositional exercises. In addition,
through consultation with the instructor, each student designs
and pursues their individual research project. The final product
of their individual project can take the form of an analytical
essay, musical composition to apply certain elements they
analyzed, or performance of a piece(s) that they analyzed. In
order to achieve these goals successfully, students should be
comfortable in reading music to a certain level. Similarly, a
good understanding of tonal theory (200 level or higher) will be
helpful. Instructor's permission required. Keywords:Music, music analysis |