The Music Department at the University of Ghana offers a diverse range of undergraduate music courses. Students train in music theory, composition, performance, and ethnomusicology. The program aims to cultivate well-rounded musicians with a deep understanding of both local and international musical traditions.
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MUSC 121 Introduction to Music
Credit Hours - 3
Musical Sound (pitch: duration, intensity, tone color) Musical Relationship (Melody, rhythm, harmony, and tonal relationship) Musical organization (texture, structure, and musical style) Performing media (Musical instruments and ensembles), Staff Notation, Basic Rhythms, Intervals, Time Signatures, Key Signatures, Seales, Transposition, Basic Chord Progression, Primary Triads in root position, inversion and cadences.
MUSC 122 Fundamentals of Music Theory
Credit Hours - 3
(18th and 19th Century Common Practice) Diatonic triads in major and minor keys and their inversions, the chord of the Dominant 7th and 9th, figured Bass, modulations, (Pivot Chord) NonHarmonic tones.