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CS92PROD
West African Music and Culture: Beginners

MUSC 445
Spring 2024
Section: 01  
Course Cluster and Certificates: African Studies, African Studies Minor

This is a performance-based course that focuses on West African music. The course is designed to provide a practical and theoretical introduction to traditional West African music and culture. Students experience the rhythms, songs, movements, and languages of Ghana and its neighboring countries through oral transmission, assigned readings, film viewing, and guided listening to commercial and/or field recordings. This interdisciplinary approach to learning is in keeping with the integrated nature of drumming, dancing, singing, and hand clapping in West Africa. Students learn to play a range of instruments, including drums, metal bells, and gourd rattles.
Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: HA MUSC
Course Format: PerformanceGrading Mode: Graded
Level: UGRD Prerequisites: None
Fulfills a Requirement for: (AFST-MN)(MUSC)
Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available

Last Updated on DEC-12-2024
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