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MUSIC 420

TEACHING POPULAR INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC 1

1 credit.

Development of critical perspectives, musical knowledge, and pedagogical skills needed to teach instrumental popular music. Focus on popular string instruments, their electronic counterparts, and emerging technologies for the performance and production of popular music.

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Requisites: Declared in Music: Education BM and sophomore standing Course Designation: Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop basic skills necessary for teaching and learning various popular music styles on the guitar, bass, and drum set. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Develop a series of instructional strategies for teaching, focusing on lesson plans and curricular units that incorporate instruments commonly used in popular music. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Develop critical perspectives on popular music by exploring the intersection of popular music with issues of identity, technology, and globalization. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop basic skills necessary for teaching and learning various popular music styles on the guitar, bass, and drum set. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Develop a series of instructional strategies for teaching, focusing on lesson plans and curricular units that incorporate instruments commonly used in popular music. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Develop critical perspectives on popular music by exploring the intersection of popular music with issues of identity, technology, and globalization. Audience: Undergraduate

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