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MUSIC 201
184
ELECTRONIC MUSIC I
2.0 Units
MUSIC 184 introduces the techniques and
elements of electronic music production.
Analog and digital synthesis techniques
will be explored and students will learn to
craft original sounds with these synthesis
techniques. The principles and techniques
of digital sampling and Musical Digital
Instrument Interface (MIDI) sequencing will
be studied. Compositions utilizing electronic
music techniques will be created. Lecture 1.5
hours/Laboratory 1.5 hours. Recommended
Preparation: MUSIC 177. Transfer Credit:
CSU. (C-ID CMUS 110X)
185
PRO TOOLS 101
1.5 Units
MUSIC 185 is an introductory course in the
principles and operation of Pro Tools soft-
ware. Fundamental software configuration
and operation are covered all the way from
project set up to session mixdowns. Students
build skills through hands on Pro Tools
projects that include session setup, audio
recording, importing media, MIDI (musi-
cal instrument digital interface) recording,
editing, navigating, mixing, and session
completion. This course is the first class in
the Pro Tools Operator certification program
and prepares students for the Pro Tools 101
certification exam. The certification exam
may be taken at the conclusion of the course.
Lecture 1.5 hours. Recommended Prepara-
tion: MUSIC 178. Course Typically Offered:
Fall/Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU
186
PRO TOOLS 110
1.5 Units
MUSIC 186 is an intermediate course in
the essential principles and operation of
Pro Tools software. Intermediate software
configuration, operation, and features are
covered all the way from project creation
to session completion. Students build skills
through hands on Pro Tools projects that
include customizing setups, working with
external controllers, managing session data
and media, loop recording MIDI (musical
instrument digital interface) and audio, using Corequisite: MUSIC 212. Course Typically
virtual instruments and Elastic Audio, work-
ing with Beat Detective and Audio Suite, and
using intermediate editing, automation, and
mixing techniques. This course is the second
course in the Pro Tools Operator certification
program and prepares students for the Pro
Tools 110 certification exam. The certifica-
tion exam may be taken at the conclusion of
the course. Lecture 1.5 hours. Prerequisite:
MUSIC 185 or equivalent. Course Typically
Offered: Fall/Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU
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187
PRO TOOLS I
3.0 Units
MUSIC 187 is an introductory course in
the principles and operation of Pro Tools
software. Fundamental software configura-
tion, operation, and features are covered
from project creation to session completion.
Students build skills through hands on Pro
Tools projects that include audio and MIDI
recording, mixing, editing, effects process-
ing, external controllers and the use of virtual keys. Note: Students who previously success-
instruments. Students use Pro Tools in a
variety of contexts including music and post,
multitrack mixing, music production and
creation. This course also prepares students
for the optional Pro Tools User certification
exam in Pro Tools 101 and 110. The certifica-
tion exam may be taken at the conclusion of
the course. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended
Preparation: MUSIC 178.
201
MUSICIANSHIP I
1.0 Unit
MUSIC 201 is a course designed for those
who have an elementary knowledge of music
and music notation. Students should be able
to read bass and treble clefs, notes and notes
values, time signatures and key signatures,
and identify notes of a piano keyboard.
Using this basic knowledge, fundamental
concepts such as meter, scales and intervals
are studied. These musical concepts are
then applied in ear training, performing,
and analysis exercises. Laboratory 3 hours.
Corequisite: Concurrent enrollment in
MUSIC 211 required Transfer Credit: CSU,
UC, USC. (C-ID MUS 125)
202
MUSICIANSHIP II
1.0 Unit
MUSIC 202 is a course designed to train the
student to recognize, develop, and apply the
rhythmic, melodic and harmonic materials
studied in Harmony I through ear train-
ing, sight singing, dictation, and analysis.
Content includes major and minor keys,
simple and compound meter, and rhythms
containing divisions and subdivisions. Labo-
ratory 3 hours. Prerequisite: MUSIC 201.
Offered: Fall. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC.
(C-ID MUS 135)
203
MUSICIANSHIP III
1.0 Unit
MUSIC 203 is a course designed to train the
student to recognize, develop, and apply the
rhythmic, melodic and harmonic materials
studied in Harmony III through ear train-
ing, sight singing, dictation, and analysis.
Content includes more advanced metrical
rhythms, chromatic alterations, secondary
chords and modulation to closely-related
fully completed MUSIC 105 prior to Fall
2016 will not receive credit for this course.
Laboratory 3 hours. Prerequisite: MUSIC
202 or equivalent. Corequisite: MUSIC 213
or equivalent. Course Typically Offered:
Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC.
(C-ID MUS 145)
204
MUSICIANSHIP IV
1.0 Unit
MUSIC 204 is a course designed to train the
student to recognize, develop, and apply the
rhythmic, melodic and harmonic materials
studied in Harmony IV through ear train-
ing, sight singing, dictation, and analysis.
Content includes advanced rhythms and
meters, and contemporary scales, harmonies
and melodic construction. Laboratory 3
hours. Prerequisite: MUSIC 203 or equiva-
lent. Corequisite: Concurrent enrollment in
MUSIC 214. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC.
(C-ID MUS 155)
211
HARMONY I
3.0 Units
MUSIC 211 is designed for students who
have a beginning knowledge of music and
music notation (reading bass and treble
clefs, notes and note values, time signatures
and key signatures and identifying notes of
a piano keyboard). This course begins with
the fundamental concepts of meter, scales,
intervals, chords, and transposition, and
then covers figured bass realization, 4-part
writing and voice leading principles, Roman
numeral analysis, basic chord function,
and non-harmonic tones. These concepts
are applied in analysis and composition
exercises. Note: Students who previously
successfully completed MUSIC 102 prior to
Fall 2016 will not receive credit for MUSIC
211. Lecture 3 hours. Corequisite: MUSIC 201.
Course Typically Offered: Spring. Transfer
Credit: CSU, UC, USC