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Apr 05, 2025
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Preliminary 2025-2026 Yavapai College Catalog
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MUS 145 - Music of World Cultures
Description: Cultural and historical ethnic music contributions throughout the world. Social, cultural and spiritual factors affecting music. Emphasis on listening skills, style characteristics, properties of sound and elements of music on various instruments.
Prerequisites: Reading Proficiency.
Credits: 3
Lecture: 3
Lab: 0
Course Content:
- Development of aural (listening skills)
- Properties of sound and elements of music
- Classification and methods of producing sound on various instruments
- Cultural contributions to music from around the world
- Style characteristics of different ethnic cultures
- Social, cultural and spiritual value of music in world
Learning Outcomes:
- Classify cultural and ethnic music examples. (1)
- Describe properties of sound. (2)
- Identify how various instruments to achieve characteristic sounds. (3)
- Discuss the value of music in world cultures, including how music can be a tool for positive change. (4)
- Identify basic patterns of style for specific cultures or historical time periods. (5)
- Discuss social, cultural, and spiritual environmental factors influencing the development of music in specific cultures. (6)
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