Spring 2027

Teaching Popular Instrumental Music 1

Teaches pedagogical skills and critical perspectives for instrumental popular music, focusing on string instruments, electronics, and emerging production technologies.

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Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Burton Hable

Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 3.75 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.86 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.83 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Develop basic skills necessary for teaching and learning various popular music styles on the guitar, bass, and drum set.

  • Develop a series of instructional strategies for teaching, focusing on lesson plans and curricular units that incorporate instruments commonly used in popular music.

  • Develop critical perspectives on popular music by exploring the intersection of popular music with issues of identity, technology, and globalization.

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

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Prerequisites

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Declared in Music: Education BM and sophomore standing

  • Declared in Music: Education BM and sophomore standing
CURRIC/MUSIC 420

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  • Declared in Music: Education BM and sophomore standing

Professors

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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LAB 001Classroom Instruction0 / 00
LAB 001Classroom Instruction0 / 200

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 3.75 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.86 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.83 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Popular string instruments, electronic counterparts, and emerging technologies for performance and production.
  • Guitar, bass, and drum set techniques for various popular music styles.
  • Intersection of popular music with identity, technology, and globalization.

Skills

  • Pedagogical skills for teaching instrumental popular music, including guitar, bass, and drum set.
  • Instructional strategies for creating lesson plans and curricular units for popular music instruments.
  • Critical analysis of popular music regarding identity, technology, and globalization.

Grades

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Catalog & offerings

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CURRIC/MUSIC 420 · Spring 2027

Teaching Popular Instrumental Music 1

Recorded 2026-10-14
CURRIC/MUSIC 420 · Spring 2027

Teaching Popular Instrumental Music 1

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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