Course Descriptions 2023-2024 School Year MUSIC MUH2501  Introduction to World Music  3.0   P Introduction to World Music introduces students to various musical cultures throughout the world. This course focuses on the folk, popular, and art music of Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, Indonesia (Java and Bali), Japan, China, North and South India, Europe, North America, South America, and the Caribbean. It will also highlight the different musical ideologies of these cultures and introduce students to the field of Ethnomusicology.... Full Description MUN1340  Santa Fe Singers  1.0   P Introduces students to the performance of choral music from Renaissance madrigals to contemporary musical theater. Emphasis is placed on the development of vocal technique, concepts of good ensemble singing, and sight-singing skills. Proficiency level will be assessed at first class meeting.... Full Description MUN1430  Brass Ensemble  1.0   P Introduces students to the exploration, study and performance of some of the standard literature for brass ensembles. This course is offered in cooperation with the Gainesville Community Band's brass ensemble.... Full Description MUN1440  Percussion Ensemble  1.0   P Introduces students to the exploration, study, and performance of some of the standard literature for percussion ensembles.... Full Description MUT1001  Music Fundamentals  3.0   P Music Fundamentals is an introductory course in the basic terminology, skills, and techniques of music. No previous experience is necessary to successfully complete the requirements. It includes both theoretical concepts and the practical application of these concepts through written work and keyboard performance.... Full Description MUT1121  Music Theory 1  3.0   P This course provides continued instruction for those students who wish to strengthen their skills and knowledge of music theory beyond music fundamentals and acquire upper division prerequisites for music majors.... Full Description MUT1122  Music Theory 2  3.0   P Music Theory 2 allows students to continue the study and strengthen their knowledge of music theory. This can increase students' understanding of the discipline and art of music. These courses can also add to students' appreciation of the arts and the aesthetic/creative experience as a vital part of their self-realization.... Full Description MUT1271  Applied Theory Skills 1  2.0   P These courses strengthen students' knowledge of music and add to their understanding of the discipline and art of music. These courses can also add to their appreciation of the arts and the aesthetic/creative experience as a vital part of their self-realization.... Full Description MUT2116  Music Theory 3  3.0   P This is the third semester of the four-semester theory track. The purpose of the course is to develop a working knowledge of the materials and structures of tonal music. Primary topics include diatonic triads and seventh chords, secondary dominants and diminished seventh chords, modal change, Neapolitan and augmented sixth chords, binary and ternary form and modulation techniques.... Full Description MVK1111  Piano 1  2.0   P Piano 1 introduces the student to the fundamentals of piano performance and literature.... Full Description MVK1112  Piano 2  2.0   P Piano 2 is a continuation of the piano track beginning with Piano 1. This course sequence is required of all music majors except those whose primary instrument is the keyboard.... Full Description MVS1116  Guitar 1  3.0   P This course is designed for beginning level students or for those students wishing to play the guitar as a secondary instrument. The student will be introduced to basic music notation, music form, the notes on the fretboard, position playing, formation of scales and chords, and the role of music as an applied art form. Creativity and improvisation will also be discussed using popular and classical themes as examples. The course can be used to augment other music studies, e.g., theory, harmony, as it is capable of producing melody and harmony simultaneously. Students must have their own guitars.... Full Description MVV1111  Voice 1  3.0   P Voice 1 introduces students to the basic fundamentals of good singing: posture, breath control, intonation, resonance, agility, diction, and interpretation.... Full Description MUN1030  Recital Seminar 1st Year  1.0   P This course will include but is not limited to the following: Solo and/or group performances by Santa Fe College students. Lecturers and/or discussions led by Santa Fe College music faculty or visiting guests.... Full Description MUT2246  Applied Theory Skills 3  2.0   P Applied theory skills strengthen students' knowledge of music by providing a practical application that is vital to both the performance and understanding of music. The development of musicianship is crucial to the discipline of music and to an informed appreciation of the aesthetic/creative experience music provides.... Full Description MUT2247  Applied Theory Skills 4  2.0   P Students will gain further facility sight singing diatonic, chromatic and modulating melodies using moveable do with an introduction to modal and atonal melodies. Other skills include reading two-part rhythm, melodic and rhythmic dictation, identification and notation of consecutive intervals, triads and seventh chords with inversions, cadences and four-part harmonic progressions.... Full Description MUN2033  Recital Seminar 2nd Year  1.0   P This course will include but is not limited to the following: Solo and/or group performances by Santa Fe College students. Lecturers and/or discussions led by Santa Fe College music faculty or visiting guests. Performances by professional artists including Santa Fe College music faculty or guest artists. Lectures, discussions, or performances by music professors and/or students from various Florida Universities.... Full Description MUL1010  Music Appreciation  3.0   P Introduces the student to some of the world's great masterpieces of music from the Medieval period to the present in their historical and cultural context through active listening. Emphasis is on characteristics of beauty and value in these masterpieces as shown in their melodies, harmonies, rhythms, keys, textures, forms, and styles. A study of basic materials of music is included in order to provide a minimal knowledge of the standard music terminology and notation for greater understanding of the music. This course will focus on developing audience skills.... Full Description MUT2117  Music Theory 4  3.0   P The purpose of the course is to develop a working knowledge of the materials and structures of tonal and twentieth-century music. Primary topics include: musical forms, including melodic and harmonic development and advanced chromatic and modulatory procedures; formal organization of multi-movement compositions; and theories and analysis of pitch, rhythm, form, and other elements in twentieth-century works.... Full Description MUN1710  Jazz Ensemble  1.0   P Introduces students to the exploration, study, and performance of some of the standard literature for jazz ensembles.... Full Description MUH2019  American Popular Music  3.0   P American Popular Music is designed to help students develop an understanding of musical elements and listening techniques as applied to American popular music. Students will become familiar with the various American popular music genres, their historical development with representative examples, and their influence on American culture and international cultures.... Full Description MUN1120  Concert Band  1.0   P Introduces students to the exploration and performance of some of the standard literature for concert bands. This course is offered in cooperation with the Gainesville Community Band.... Full Description MUN2011  Music Ensembles  1.0   P This course will include but is not limited to the following: Solo and/or group performances by Santa Fe College students. Lecturers and/or discussions.... Full Description MUT1272  Applied Theory Skills 2  2.0   P A continuation of MUT1272, Applied Theory Skills 1, this course contains the aural skills (ear training, sight singing) and keyboard harmony skills as corequisite of MUT1122, Music Theory 2. As both are practical applications of music theory, this course combines the applied components into a 3-credit hour course. Students will learn to sight-sing melodies and rhythms, take melodic and rhythmic dictation, identify intervals, chord quality and inversions, cadences and harmonic progressions.... Full Description MVS2126  Guitar 2  3.0   P This course is designed for the student who has had at least six months of guitar experience or has successfully completed Guitar 1 and would like to study the musical aspects of the guitar in greater depth.... Full Description MUN1460  Chamber Music Ensemble  1.0   P Students will be placed into small ensembles with other students including but not limited to duos, trios, quartets, and quintets. During class they will have faculty-guided rehearsals and will perform for each other. Students will also observe each other's ensembles being coached by the faculty. The course may include occasional quest lecturers and performances. Students will also be expected to rehearse with their chamber ensemble outside of class time, and near the end of each semester they will give a public performance of the pieces rehearsed in class.... Full Description