• Attendance 10%
• Weekly Assignments & Participations 50%
• In-Class Quizes 10%
• Mid-Term 10%
• Final 20%

NOTES:

ATTENDANCE:

Please be on time and prepared for class. If you are late 3 times or are late more than 5 minutes this will equal one absence.
Every unexcused absence will lower your grade by one full degree. (A becomes and A-)
If I don’t receive an email that you will not be coming to class before the beginning of class, I will consider it an unexcused absence.

PARTICIPATION:

You need to have fully completed the reading and listening assignments before each class so that we can have engaging discussions. Questions about the material are also important as they show you have engaged with the work. It is okay to not understand everything, but please have questions ready so that we can all learn new things together. Don’t ever be embarrassed about asking a question. Chances are, someone else in the class has the same question. I may also have a similar question!

Two of the most important aspects of this class are developing a daily practice of singing and listening. We will be singing in each class, and it is very important that you develop a practice of singing on your own (on the bus, walking down the street, making coffee). It is also important that you listen to the listening assignments as much as possible and sing along with them in the way we have practiced in class. Participation involves singing!

Each of the concepts we go over in class, whether it be a chord progression, scale, or maqam, is something you could quite literally spend your entire life studying, despite whether it seems simple or complicated. So even if there’s something that you’re already familiar with, keep exploring it in the context of the class. It will likely reveal some new possibilities to you.