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Music Appreciation

School year
2023 - 2024
Course Description

The Music Appreciation (year-long) course introduces students to the elements, instrumentation, and historical periods of music. Students will listen to and evaluate several types of music, and identify basic musical elements. They will also analyze elements of music and compare and contrast elements in different musical genres. Students will identify key musical time periods and the characteristics of music from those periods, identify significant composers and musicians from different time periods. Students will learn to describe different instrumentations in music and develop critiques of musical pieces based on information in the course. Course Note: This course satisfies the Fine Arts (1 credit) graduation requirement. Repeatable Course - Subsequent Enrollment Requires More Rigor

Course Number
MUG301
Subject
Fine Arts
Grade Levels
9th
10th
11th
12th
School Level
High
Academic Level
Regular
Credits
1.00
Course Length
36

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