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A this discipline course at Arizona Christian University.
A 1-credit required course for the music minor in string performance. There are three methods courses: violin, viola and cello. Student takes unfamiliar instrument(s), learning to play the instrument within a structured learning experience similar to grade one of a K-12 classroom. This includes completing Book 1, the understanding and performance of scales, and beginning-level solos and duets. Methods courses are not taken in a specific order. May be taken again for credit. May not be taken for audit.
Engage the Course Material
Build a working understanding of methods i 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.
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