MUSC 74CIntroduction to Singing Diction: French
Music · 2 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Introduction to basics of singing diction and development of French skills for beginning students. Development of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcription skills, along with addressing issues of translation. Exploration of variety of vocal repertoire, including opera, art songs, early music, recitative, and folk songs. Transcription, translation, speaking, and singing of texts from pieces assigned in course, as well as from repertoire being prepared for juries.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 2026
- Spring 2026
- Winter 2027
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
MUSC 74C
- MUSC C158AAdvanced Vocal Repertoire, Diction, and Interpretation: English
- MUSC C158BAdvanced Vocal Repertoire, Diction, and Interpretation: French
- MUSC C158CAdvanced Vocal Repertoire, Diction, and Interpretation: German
- MUSC C158DAdvanced Vocal Repertoire, Diction, and Interpretation: Italian
- MUSC C158EAdvanced Vocal Repertoire, Diction, and Interpretation: Spanish
- MUSC C158FAdvanced Vocal Repertoire, Diction, and Interpretation: Russian
- MUSC C158GAdvanced Vocal Repertoire, Diction, and Interpretation: Other Languages
7 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 7 courses over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.