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MUM 2030
Commercial Music Ensemble
Course Competencies
Professor Calle
E-mail: ecalle@mdc.edu; pc@professorcalle.com
Websites: www.professorcalle.com; www.edcalle.com; www.onetakestudios.com; www.fuegocaliente.com; www.streetmusicinc.com
Room: 8213-2 Kendall campus
Telephone: 305-237-0593
MUM 2030 (Commercial Music Ensemble) course competencies:
- Students will analyze, research, study and perform a variety of commercial music styles including but not limited to:
- Broadway show music
- Calypso
- Classical
- Country
- Ethnic and faith-based music styles typically performed on commercial music engagements including but not limited to:
- American patriotic repertoire
- Arabic
- Central American
- Chinese
- Christian
- French
- Greek
- Indian
- Italian
- Japanese
- Jewish
- Latin American
- Mexican
- Native American
- Polish
- Film & television music
- Folk
- Funk
- Jazz
- Acid Jazz
- Avant-garde jazz
- Be-bop
- Dixieland
- Free-form jazz
- Fusion
- Hard-bop
- Smooth Jazz
- Society Jazz
- Standards
- Swing
- Latin Music Styles
o Afro-Cuban Jazz
o Ballenato
o Bolero
o Bomba
o Boogaloo
o Bossa Nova
o Cha-Cha-Cha
o Cumbia
o Danzon
o Flamenco
o Gaita
o Guaguanco
o Joropo
o Latin Jazz
o Mambo
o Merengue
o Pachanga
o Pop
o Plena
o Rock
o Rumba
o Son
o Songo
o Timba
o Zarzuela
- Opera
- Original student compositions
- Original faculty compositions
- Pop
- 50Ős
- Alternative
- Dance
- Disco
- Electronic
- Gospel
- New Age
- Oldies
- Techno
- Reggae
- Rhythm & Blues
- Rock & Roll
- Seasonal music
- World music styles
- Students will be able to recognize, categorize and authentically interpret a variety of musical styles and forms including but not limited to:
- AABA
- Broadway music
- Classical
- Jazz styles
- Latin music
- Pop music
- Rock
- World music
- Students will develop and improve a variety of musicianship skills including but not limited to:
- Analysis and identification of harmonic progressions
- Articulation
- Attacks and releases
- Authentic and appropriate stylistic interpretation
- Blend
- Breathing techniques
- Chord-scales – nomenclature, performance and applications
- Chord voicings
- Dynamics
- Ear training
- Ensemble performance techniques and concepts
- Improvisation
- Intonation
- Microphone techniques in studio and live performance settings
- Phrasing
- Rhythmic accuracy
- Recognition and execution of modulations
- Recognition of instrumental and vocal ranges, tendencies and limitations
- Recognition of key centers, modalities and changing tonal centers
- Vibrato – mouth, throat, jaw, diaphragm, hand
- Vocal and instrumental harmonization – two, three, four and multiple part harmonies including big band and symphonic orchestration
- Students will be exposed to a variety of professional rehearsal techniques geared to efficient ensemble preparation including but not limited to:
- Focus
- Music preparation
- Practicing with a metronome
- Recognizing what needs rehearsal and what needs individual effort
- Repetition
- Sectionals
- Students will be introduced to music transcription techniques and tools including but not limited to:
- Apple QuickTime software
- Basic music notation
- Converting printed music into HTML and PDF documents
- Creating lead sheets
- Digidesign Pro Tools
- iTunes
- Finale
- Internet resources – MIDI files, mp3 files, lyrics, sheet music
- MIDI files – locating, converting, creating and playing
- MOTU Digital Performer
- Preparing chord charts
- Roni music Amazing Slowdowner
- Sheet music
- Sibelius
- Transposition
- Students will be introduced to music composition, arranging and music preparation techniques and applications
- Students will be taught and expected to demonstrate professional musical conduct at all rehearsals and performances
- Students will develop practice and rehearsal strategies focused on improving musical skills and performance
- Students will recognize and demonstrate a variety of aspects that define professional expectations in a variety of musical environments
- Students will develop a repertoire for use in the workplace
- Students will be introduced to reading, rehearsing and preparing printed musical arrangements
- Students will practice and improve their sight-reading abilities
- Students will be exposed to the elements of transposition
- Students will practice various ear-training techniques including but not limited to:
- Call and response
- Faking
- Interval recognition
- Harmonic dictation
- Lyrics dictation
- Melodic dictation
- Rhythmic dictation
- Students will be introduced to a variety of skills and techniques used in improvisation including but not limited to:
- Chords
- Chord scales
- Improvising or filling while supporting a vocalist or soloist
- Interaction with the ensemble or featured artist
- Melodic development
- Phrasing
- Rhythmic development
- Stylistic interpretation
- Transcriptions
- Transposition
- Triads
- Upper structure triads
- Students will practice developing rhythmic accuracy
- Students will improve their listening skills
- Students will be encouraged to participate in singing lead and backing vocals
- Students will be introduced to auxiliary percussion techniques and recognition of their appropriate musical applications
- Students will be able to recognize a variety of musical forms, tonalities, modulations, harmonic structures and patterns, melodic structure, counter melodies and accompaniment
- Students will work to improve their intonation
- Students will learn techniques to improve blend
- Students will learn breathing and support techniques geared to improve tone quality and intonation
- Students will be exposed to appropriate musical phrasing
- Students will practice and demonstrate professional instrumental and vocal fundamentals
- Using the Internet, students will be able to locate, download, convert, import, save, manipulate, record and print a variety of musical files including but not limited to:
- Audio
- Biographies
- Digidesign Pro Tools
- HTML documents
- Finale files
- Lyrics
- Micorsoft Office applications – Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- MIDI files
- MP3, MP4, AIFF, AAC, Real Audio, Quicktime files
- PDF files
- Photographs – jpeg, tiff, pict
- Propellerheads Reason
- Research historical, recording, stylistic, orchestration, musician or interpretative data regarding artists or recordings being studied in class
- Recordings of pertinent music being studied or rehearsed by the ensemble from the Internet
- Sibelius files
- vCards
- Video files
- Students will develop professional microphone techniques
- Students will develop and improve their individual and ensemble stage presence
- Students will study and develop techniques related to creating and improving audience participation and rapport
- Students will learn a variety of recording studio skills
- Students will demonstrate the ability to perform and record with the aid of a click track or sequencer
- Students will be able to set-up and control a small public address system
- Students will strive to demonstrate cooperation and teamwork skills
References
Club Salsa. 2005. Retrieved October 23, 2005 from
http://www.clubsalsa.com.au/whatissalsa/otherstyles.shtml
EdGate.com, Inc. 2000. Retrieved October 23, 2005 from