Cross-Cultural Rhythm Studies for Musicians

PS-635

This course enables students to deepen their knowledge of rhythm, focusing on the study and practice of rhythms from different world cultures, while also analyzing their essence and synthesizing them within their own musical vocabulary for performance and composition. Working under the direction of a senior faculty member, students enhance their sense of rhythm, interpretative skills, and improvisational skills in a practical environment that involves composition, transcription, listening, improvisation, and playing music. Through listening, transcribing and analysing different rhythmic cells, students will be able to expand their musical language and creative skills by developing their ability to understand complex rhythms and apply them to their own music. Students learn to maintain stylistic integrity by developing their domain over rhythmic practices which involve the coordination of body and mind to integrate rhythm in a much deeper way.

Credits
2
Prerequisites
Written approval of program director
Required Of
None; elective course in CPPD and MPTI
Electable By
CPPD and MPTI graduate students
Semesters Offered
Fall, Spring
Location
Valencia
Department
CPRF
Course Chair
Magda Giannikou
Taught By
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