MUP302: Pop/Rock Voice and Mic Techniques
A this discipline course at Arizona Christian University.
Course Description
This course explores the Pop/Rock vocal style chronologically starting with the blues and country roots of 1950s rock 'n roll, through important subgenres, including pre-Beatles pop, folk-rock, punk/New Wave, and 1980s dance pop/mainstream rock, concluding with the modern-day indie rock influenced by these earlier styles. Through lectures, videos, listening selections, reading, and in class performance, students will learn breath support and management to facilitate pop and rock "belting," interpretive and "storytelling" techniques to heighten a song's emotional impact and ways to increase flexibility and create a balanced tone. The course will also address the visual aspects of a pop/rock performance, emphasizing audience communication and effective use of the microphone and stage area.
Prerequisites
- See Catalog Prerequisite Notes
Corequisites
- None
Learning Outcomes
Engage the Course Material
Build a working understanding of pop/rock voice and mic techniques 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.
Biblical Worldview Connection
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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