<p>Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Preparation: placement examination. Course 10A is enforced requisite to course 10B. Students must receive grade of C or better to proceed to next course in sequence. Basic technical terms of Western music and various non-Western musical cultures around the world; reading and writing Western music notation and some non-Western notational traditions; rhythm and intervals as they manifest themselves in distinct traditions; musical symbols, such as dynamics and articulation marks; vocabulary of ornamentations in Western and non-Western traditions; pitch organization systems of the world. Letter grading.</p>

Ethnomusicology

The school cultivates models for musical studies that integrate exemplary scholarship and practices, and engage through music with diverse communities on campus, throughout Los Angeles, and beyond.

Herb Alpert School of Music

Ethnomusicology involves the study of all kinds of music from all over the world, using a variety of disciplinary perspectives.

General Catalog

Music Theory and Musicianship I

ETHNMUS 10A

5 units