MUSC M6BIntroduction to Musicianship
Music · 2 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
(Same as Ethnomusicology M6B and Musicology M6B.) Introduction to musicianship through in-depth exploration of basic common musical elements and training in aural recognition, sight singing, dictation, and keyboard skills. Focus on topics such as tonal and modal harmony, rhythm, improvisation, composition, notation, and ear training to prepare students for later theory courses, participation in music ensembles, advanced study in music, and professional careers.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 2026
- Winter 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Preparation: placement examination. Enforced requisite: course M6A with grade of C– or better.
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Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
MUSC M6B
- MUSC M6AIntroduction to Global Musicianship
1 direct requisite. The whole upstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.
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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
MUSC M6B
- MUSC M6CIntroduction to Musicianship
- MUSC 140AHistory and Analysis of Western Music to 1700
- MUSC 102AAdvanced Musicianship I
- MUSC 102BAdvanced Musicianship II
- MUSC 102CAdvanced Musicianship III
- MUSC 111AMusic Theory through Improvisation
- MUSC 110BMusicality and Creativity in Childhood
- MUSC 111BMusic Creation and Analysis through Technology
- MUSC 111CArranging Music for Educational Settings
7 courses list this as a requisite. Showing 34 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.