AMU 202 - Musical Thinking: World and Pop

Course Units: 1.0

This course will examine music traditions outside the canon of Western classical music, including American folk, jazz and popular music as well as traditional and popular music from around the world. In order to better understand the theory and practice of these musics, students will pursue topics including the dichotomy between oral tradition and written notation; various ways of organizing pitch, rhythm, and meter; and the process of transcription. Prerequisite(s): AMU 100 or AMU 101 or permission of the instructor.