Harmony & Musicianship

Effective: Fall 2019
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This program map from the 2024-2025 catalog year represents one possible pathway to complete this program. Your pathway may vary depending on your transfer plans and also previous college credit, including AP Test scores, concurrent enrollment courses and high school articulated courses.

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Program Description
This certificate program offers specialized study in harmony and musicianship to prepare you to teach, tutor and coach music fundamentals, harmony, musicianship and basic form analysis. Completion of this certificate indicates that you are prepared to offer instruction in basic music theory, ear-training and sight-singing. The certificate may be pursued concurrently with the pursuit of an AA or AA-T degree program.

What can I do with this major?
Music theory tutor and coach, Harmony and Musicianship tutor and coach, Ear-training & Sight-singing tutor and coach, Composer, Arranger, etc.

Learning and Career Pathway
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Semester 1

4 units

MUSL 2A
Harmony and Musicianship I

4 units
Required for Major
Study of the fundamentals of Western music applicable to both classical and popular styles: notation; fundamental theoretical concepts; musicianship skills including sight singing, rhythmic training, ear training, dictation, and keyboard realization; and basic compositional skills.
Course Details:
  1. Strongly Recommended: MUSL 6
  • Transfers to CSU

    • Semester 2

    4 units

    MUSL 2B
    Harmony and Musicianship II

    4 units
    Prerequisite Required Required for Major
    This course is a study of harmony and voice leading in the Western Common Practice. It addresses diatonic functionality, four-part voice leading, simple musical structures, harmonic and formal analysis, and musicianship skills including sight singing, rhythmic training, dictation, and keyboard realization.
    Course Details:
    1. Prerequisite: MUSL 2A
  • Transfers to CSU

    • Semester 3

    4 units

    MUSL 2C
    Harmony and Musicianship III

    4 units
    Prerequisite Required Required for Major
    This course is a study of harmony and voice-leading in the Western Common Practice. It addresses sequences, melodic and rhythmic figuration, leading-tone 7th chords, mixture, applied dominants and modulation, four-part voice leading, large formal structures, harmonic and formal analysis, and musicianship skills including sight singing, rhythmic training, ear training, dictation, conducting, and keyboard realization.
    Course Details:
    1. Prerequisite: MUSL 2B
  • Transfers to CSU

    • Semester 4

    4 units

    MUSL 2D
    Harmony and Musicianship IV

    4 units
    Prerequisite Required Required for Major
    Study of advanced chromatic harmony, 20th century harmonic practices, large musical structures, style composition, harmonic, structural, and stylistic analysis, and musicianship skills including sight singing, rhythmic training, ear training, dictation, and keyboard realization of chromatic and 20th century materials.
    Course Details:
    1. Prerequisite: MUSL 2C
  • Transfers to CSU
    • Total Units: 16 units
    This program map is not a guarantee of course availability or financial aid applicability.