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A music education course at Arizona Christian University.
Instrument teaching and playing skills for music teachers in the following areas of study: brass, guitar, strings, woodwinds, percussion, pedagogy, technique, minor repair and maintenance, instructional materials and methods curricula. Note: Instrumental Methods are identified by the area of study as follows: B-Brass, G-Guitar, S-Strings, W-Woodwinds, X-Percussion. Student is responsible for renting an instrument. May not be taken for audit.
Engage the Course Material
Build a working understanding of instrumental methods - percussion as the course's central subject.
Apply Discipline Methods
Use the methods, vocabulary, and frameworks of the discipline to address course problems.
Connect Course Content
Connect this course's content to broader work in the discipline and related fields.
Demonstrate Course Competencies
Demonstrate the specific competencies the course is designed to develop.
A Biblical Worldview treats music as a craft worth doing well — a way of engaging beauty, skill, and worship with the seriousness any vocation deserves.
MED 323X is part of ACU's music education curriculum. Explore the programs that include it.
