Introduction To Songwriting and Arranging

Songwriting and arranging fundamentals. Composition and arrangement of songs in many styles and genres while building skills in tonal and modal chord vocabularies, melody, notation, form, instrumentation, voicing, and aural skills. Prerequisite: MUS 5 or basic understanding of harmony, scales, modes, triads and seventh chords, and notation. Students present their work in an informal concert setting but do not necessarily need to perform themselves.