DSS will review your concerns and determine, with you, what accommodations are necessary and appropriate. We will consider the development of each style and how the styles have influenced one another at various times during the century. Our focus will be both on the music as sounding structure and on its meaning as a cultural product.
Equivalent training is acceptable.
While some music majors take it, the course is not designed around the technical expectations of those students. I do, however, assume that all students are conversant with basic musical terminology. You do not have to be able to read music fluently, but you should be able to follow musical notation in a general way. I expect you to keep up with all assigned reading and listening. You should plan to listen to each class tape 3-4 times, exclusive of studying for the exam.