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AR Arranging
CM Composition
COND Conducting
CP Counterpoint
CW Contemporary Writing and Production
DAN Dance
EN Ensemble
EP Electronic Production and Design
ET Ear Training
FS Film Scoring
HR Harmony
ICE Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship
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MTI Music Technology Innovation (Valencia Campus Only)
PFET Performance Ear Training
PFSS Performance Styles/Survey
PI Private Instruction
PM Professional Music
PS Performance Studies
PW Professional Writing
RP Recital Preparation
SMGT Stage Management
SW Songwriting

*Liberal Arts sub-categories:

LENG English
LENS Entering Student Seminar
LFRN French
LHIS History
LHUM Humanities
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LMAS Music and Society
LPHL Philosophy
LSOC Social Sciences
LSPN Spanish
LVIS Visual Studies

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Guitar Performance Skills for the Non-Guitar Principal

ILGT-115

A lab for the non-guitar principal focusing on technique for the development of basic lead, comping, and soloing skills for effective performance. Students are required to provide their own acoustic or electric guitar.

Electable By

All B.M. and P.D. students

Prerequisites

None

Course Chair

Kim Perlak

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Guitar Styles Skills Labs

ILGT-119

Instrumental labs for guitar principals with a minimum of second-semester standing. Offered in stylistically delineated sections (jazz, rock, funk, fusion, blues), these labs develop performance skills in the specified style.

Electable By

Guitar principals

Prerequisites

None (guitar principals) or ILGT-115 (non-guitar principals)

Course Chair

Kim Perlak

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Guitar Comping and Soloing in Odd Meters

ILGT-213

A course developed to aid guitarists in negotiating odd and compound meters. The student will explore meters based on groupings of 5, 7, 9, and 11 through a graduated series of exercises, ‚études, class demonstration, and participation. Some knowledge of chord voicings and the ability to solo over chord changes is strongly recommended, but not essential.

Electable By

Guitar principals

Prerequisites

None

Course Chair

Kim Perlak

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Bottleneck Blues Lab

ILGT-215

A weekly one-hour departmental lab to develop skills and repertoire in the traditional bottleneck blues guitar style.

Electable By

Guitar principals

Prerequisites

None

Course Chair

Kim Perlak

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Creative Applications for Proficiency Materials

ILGT-217

This lab will explore creative applications for Guitar Department final exam materials with emphasis on improvisation, accompaniment, and composition in non-jazz contexts, including use of triadic and drone-based modal vamps to assist utilizing the less familiar modes in melodic minor, harmonic minor, and harmonic major; improvisation over common and nonfunctional harmony; and comping, voice leading, and voicing creation.

Electable By

Guitar principals

Prerequisites

ILGT-119

Course Chair

Kim Perlak

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Guitarmony 1

ILGT-223

Complete enharmonic examination of four-note structures beginning with drop 2 type voicings and including various tension additions and substitutions. Different voice-leading concepts will be introduced resulting in an enriched vertical and horizontal harmonic awareness by students.

Electable By

Guitar principals

Prerequisites

ILGT-119

Course Chair

Kim Perlak

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Guitar Chart Reading and Performance

ILGT-225

Development of reading skills focusing on interpretation of lead sheets as well as performance of guitar parts. Blend, balance, and accurate performance of intermediate to advanced rhythmic materials are to be addressed.

Electable By

Guitar principals

Prerequisites

None

Course Chair

Kim Perlak

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Guitar Chord Soloing

ILGT-227

Immediately accessible mechanical and nonmechanical techniques for the development of arrangements for solo guitar. Each week a step-by-step approach will be demonstrated and discussed. During the semester, students will produce a tape of four chord solos (two original arrangements and two from department files).

Electable By

Guitar principals

Prerequisites

ILGT-119

Course Chair

Kim Perlak

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Fingerpicking Blues Guitar

ILGT-228

Study of technique, repertoire, and improvisational approaches in the fingerpicking style of playing blues guitar.

Electable By

Guitar principals

Prerequisites

ILGT-119

Course Chair

Kim Perlak

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Performing Solo Guitarist

ILGT-230

This lab offers students the opportunity to perform solo guitar pieces in any style, to develop solo guitar arrangements or compositions for performance, and to exploit the harmonic/melodic capabilities of the guitar. Essential elements of solo guitar will be discussed, demonstrated, and applied to student performances. Students will learn and perform original arrangements or transcriptions of pieces by artists or composers of any genre for midterm and final projects. Jazz, pop, blues, classical, funk, and folk styles will be among the idioms to be addressed.

Electable By

Guitar principals

Prerequisites

ILGT-119

Course Chair

Kim Perlak

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Jazz/Blues Guitar

ILGT-231

This lab focuses on basic to intermediate jazz blues techniques including single-note blues heads, solos, and standard dominant-seventh, minor-seventh, and major-seventh blues progressions. Weekly playing assignments; analysis of recordings by various blues artists.

Electable By

Guitar principals

Prerequisites

ILGT-119

Course Chair

Kim Perlak

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Jimmy Page Lab

ILGT-235

A concentrated course of study for guitarists based on the music of Jimmy Page. Topics will include early blues and rock influences, detailed analysis of solos and compositions, and use of open tunings.

Electable By

Guitar principals

Prerequisites

ILGT-119

Course Chair

Kim Perlak

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