ETHNMUS M128

Exploration in Rhythms

Ethnomusicology · 2 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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(Same as Global Jazz Studies M128.) Investigation and exploration of musical time and rhythm in 20th- and 21st-century classical, jazz, world, and popular music. Concepts explored include meter, pulse, rhythmic cycles, hemiolas, and polyrhythms.

P/NP or Letter grading.

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Requisites

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Preparation: ability to read melodic or rhythmic notation.

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