Recent ProfessorsNot yet assignedRecent SemestersNo scheduled sections on recordClass SizeNot publishedCredits3PrerequisiteMUSI 150A with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent Transfers ToCSUDescriptionThis course is a study of music, including structural, historical and stylistic analysis of music of Western classical music, World music, jazz, and popular music. The class will discuss the cultural, social and technical significance of the musical literature, examining rhythms, intervals, chords, cadences, melodies, phrases, notes and scales. Students will develop four-part writing skills using diatonic triads and seventh chords, and learn how to read and compose with figured bass, lead sheet chord symbols and standard musical notation. The history of notation and practice will be discussed as students develop skills in notation software and handwritten notation. This course is intended for music majors.