4/20/2024 2:47:36 AM	DANCE 4 Course Outline as of Spring 2007	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  DANCE 4	Title:  MUSIC FOR DANCE
Full Title:  Music for Dance
Last Reviewed:11/6/2006

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	2.00	Lecture Scheduled	1.50		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	26.25
Minimum	2.00	Lab Scheduled	1.50		17 min.	Lab Scheduled	26.25
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	3.00			Contact Total	52.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  52.50

Total Student Learning Hours: 105.00

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade Only
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly:  PE 23

Catalog Description:

This course focuses on musical skills and principles pertaining to the dancer and related to dance accompaniment including: fundamentals of rhythm, rhythmic notation, percussion score reading and writing, rhythmic devices commonly used in dance, and playing percussion instruments to accompany dance movement.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:
Course Completion of DANCE 10 ( or PE 22 or PE 145)

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

This course focuses on musical skills and principles pertaining to the dancer and related to dance accompaniment including: fundamentals of rhythm, rhythmic notation, percussion score reading and writing, rhythmic devices commonly used in dance, and playing percussion instruments to accompany dance movement.

(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Course Completion of DANCE 10 ( or PE 22 or PE 145)
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:	Spring 2011
UC Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:	Spring 2011
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Both Certificate and Major Applicable

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

Upon completion of the course the student will be able to:

1. Read and analyze rhythm.

2. Count music in various meters.

3. Notate the rhythms of dance phrases.

4. Recognize and identify various genres of music and relate these genres

  to dance.

5. Apply knowledge of rhythm, tempo and dynamics to improvisation,

  composition and performance of percussion-based dance accompaniment.

6. Compare and contrast choreographic concepts such as unison and canon to

  their musical counterparts.

7. Synthesize musical and choreographic concepts of rhythm and dynamics

  into simple percussion scores.

8. Interpret rhythmic structure and dynamics of dance movement in order to

  create appropriate percussion accompaniment for it.

9. Play percussion accompaniment for dance movement.

Topics and Scope

I.   Fundamentals of rhythm

Pedagogical Note: Musical concepts of rhythm will be taught through a

combination of lecture and experiential exercises such as: reading of

rhythmic notation, counting, clapping and/or playing of musical samples.

    A. Basic rhythmic theory and notation

       1. Underlying Beat

       2. Meter

       3. Note value

       4. Counts

       5. Tempo

    B. Styles of conveying rhythm, such as:

       1. Measure and note value (counts)

       2. Verbalizing phrases

       3. Breath rhythm

    C. Analyzing meter and rhythm in given pieces of music and

       choreography

    D. Notating rhythm

    E. Dictation from sound and movement

II.  Rhythmic devices used in dance such as mixed meter and syncopation

III. Choreographic devices such as unison and canon (including comparison

    to musical counterparts)

IV.  Brief overview of various musical genres as they relate to dance such

    as:

    A. Classical

    B. Popular

    C. Jazz

    D. Ethnic

V.   Dynamics

    A. Relationship of dynamics and rhythm

    B. How to vary intensity in dance movement and percussion-based music

    C. Relating dynamics of musical accompaniment to dance dynamics and

       vice versa

    D. The concepts of phrasing in dance and music

VI.  Dance Accompaniment

    A. Role of the accompanist in dance classes

    B. Playing percussion instruments - basic techniques

    C. Improvising on a given rhythmic structure using a variety of

       percussion instruments

    D. Composing, writing, and performing percussion scores

    E. Analysis of choreography and the application of appropriate

       accompaniment style for that choreography

VII. Selecting music for a dance study or piece

Assignments:

1. Read text and/or instructor prepared materials as assigned

2. Reading, counting, clapping and playing rhythmic scores (skill

  demonstration graded as class performance and/or through

  performance exams)

3. Composing and writing simple percussion scores (problem solving)

4. Analyzing rhythmic structure of a variety of musical and choreographic

  samples (problem solving)

5. Playing percussion instruments to accompany dance movement (skill

  demonstration graded through class performance and performance exams)

6. 2 or 3 quizzes and a comprehensive final exam

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 0 - 0%
None
This is a degree applicable course but assessment tools based on writing are not included because problem solving assessments and skill demonstrations are more appropriate for this course.
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 10 - 20%
Percussion scores (see Assnmts), rhythmic analysis
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 20 - 40%
Class performances, Performance exams
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 20 - 40%
Multiple choice, True/false, Completion, Essay
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 10 - 20%
Attendance and participation

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Funes, Donald, J., MUSICAL INVOLVEMENT, 1992

Instructor prepared materials

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