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BA,
MUSICAL ARTS – SPECIAL (54 credits)
LEVEL
II - SEMESTER I
MU20C
- Pan Arranging,
Part I (Compulsory for BA, Special)
Pre-requisite: MU11A and MU13B or MU11E and MU14B
Topics covered include a comparison of the ranges and roles of
the various symphony orchestral instruments and those of the steel
orchestra, techniques used in adapting classical compositions for
pan, the use of the pan in combination with other instruments.
Assessment:
Coursework: 50%
Examination: 50%
MU20E
- Instrumental
Music III (Compulsory for BA, Special)
Pre-requisite: MU14B
This continues from MU14B and also consists of four components:
pan lessons, pan ensemble, music reading on pan (where applicable)
and at least one secondary instrument: voice, piano or drumming
(tabla, drum kit, Afro-Caribbean)
Assessment:
Coursework: 50%
Practical Examination: 50%
MU21A
- Composition
Pre-requisite: MU11E, MU11C or Grade 7 theory
This course for music majors is meant to enhance the students'
musical creativity by providing exposure to compositional tools
and technical devices such as melodic writing, phrase structure,
motivic development, free counterpoint and harmonising melody.
Assessment:
Coursework: 100% (portfolio of pieces)
MU22A
- Ethnomusicology
II (Compulsory for BA, Special)
Pre-requisite: MU 12A or permission of lecturer
This course is a survey of folk and traditional music of the Caribbean
with emphasis on those genres created, re-created and developed
in Trinidad and Tobago such as calypso, parang and chutney.
Assessment:
Coursework: 50%
Examination: 50%
MU25A - Jazz
Theory, Part I
Pre-requisite: MU11C or Grade 7 theory
This course is an introduction to the vocabulary of jazz including
the formation of specific scales and modes, construction and notation
of extended tertian chords, altered dominants, harmonic substitutions.
Assessment:
Coursework: 50%
Examination: 50%
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