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Effective Term:
Fall 2024 through Winter 2025

Course Number:
MUC 130C
Course Title:
Rhythm Training III
Credit Hours:
1
Lecture Hours:
0
Lecture/Lab Hours:
20
Lab Hours:
0

Course Description

Continues the study of techniques and methods used to develop rhythmic skills through listening, writing, and performing. Includes performance, transcription and composition of rhythms using tuplets; polyrhythms; odd meters; and mixed meters. Covers hypermeter and metric phrasing. Recommended: concurrent enrollment in MUS 113, MUS 113C, and MUS 193P. Audit available.

Intended Outcomes for the course

Upon successful completion of the course students should be able to:

  1. Identify rhythmic components such as tempo, beat, divisions, and subdivisions in common simple and compound meters.

  2. Perform commonly employed polyrhythms.

  3. Perform rhythms in odd meters and mixed meters.

  4. Perform and transcribe short rhythmic examples in simple meters that contain beat, divisions, and subdivision patterns, including syncopation within a measure at the beat or division level.

  5. Create and perform rhythms in simple meters that contain subdivisions, dotted notation, and tuplets other than triplets.

Course Activities and Design

Material for the course will be presented in a lecture format but also includes question and answer sessions as well as discussion of recorded musical examples.

  • In-class exercises
  • Homework assignments 
  • Aural skills training 
  • Projects
  • Quizzes
  • Class participation, small group work, and discussion
  • Constructive critique and feedback to in-class performances

Outcome Assessment Strategies

  • Participation in class discussion and group activities
  • In-class and homework assignments
  • Exams and quizzes
  • Project and assignment performances

Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)

  • Tuplets other than triplets

  • Alternating duple-triple meters

  • Clave rhythms

  • Rhythmic styles and patterns in African and Indian musics

  • Polyrhythms (3:2, 4:3, 5:4)

  • Odd meter

  • Mixed meter

  • Polymeter

  • Hypermeter

  • Asymmetrical hypermeter