Music
From music therapy to private instrument lessons, explore new or favorite musical outlets at Bucks.
GUITAR FOR THE ADULT BEGINNER RMUSC 1168 C01
9/22 - 11/10 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Have you always wanted to learn how to play the guitar? Here is your chance to learn to play chords, simple strumming patterns and easy blues scales to get started. No experience reading music necessary! Must provide own guitar.
Guitar for Beginners: Lower Bucks Campus RMUSC 8016 C50
10/7 - 12/23 7:00 - 8:30pm
This course is tailored for beginners to learn the basics of guitar technique. Music theory will not be covered, and reading traditional notation is not required. Instead, we will use an easy to- understand system called tablature. The focus will be on getting students to play songs as quickly as possible, including strumming chords and combining them with simple melodies. The instructor encourages students to bring their phones to record videos of the assignments and to see the easiest ways to play the songs. An optional book is available for purchase. Students should bring unlined computer paper for taking notes and pencils for writing down illustrations from the blackboard.
Must provide own guitar.
Private Lessons
Interested in receiving private lessons? Call us at 215-968-8409 for more information.
The Beatles' A Hard Day's Night: A Retrospective RCEGN 9038 C01
It has been 61 years since the release of the Beatles’ first and best feature film, A Hard Day’s Night. Through interview clips and video, we will chronicle the Beatles’ rise to success in their hometown of Liverpool, the explosion of Beatlemania across Britain in 1963, their subsequent conquering of the US in early 1964, all leading to their critically acclaimed first film and soundtrack. We’ll hear from those who were involved in the film including United Artists executives, the Producer, the Director, the Beatles and others within their inner circle. Lastly, we’ll discuss and listen to song excerpts from the exclusively Lennon-McCartney soundtrack. As most things Beatles, A Hard Day’s Night remains infectious, lasting and fun.
The Beatles' Rubber Soul and Women: Melodies and Mixed Messages RCEGN 9038 C01
Often regarded as their best album, the Beatles’ Rubber Soul represents a significant shift in the group’s musical canon, moving from teenage to adult themes via musical complexity and introspective lyrics. Much of the lyrical content of the songs from this era is born out of the songwriters’ personal relationships with the women in their lives. The mid-1960’s was a time when women were emerging as more independent and sexually liberated. In this multimedia (songs, interviews, pictures, etc.) presentation, we’ll discuss the women in the lives of each of the Beatle songwriters, their influence on their songs and how the lyrics on Rubber Soul reflect the songwriters’ views regarding the traditional and emerging roles of women in 1965.
From Bessie to Bebop, Brazil, and Beyond RMUSC 8827 C01
This course is an unconventional history of jazz. We will focus not only on a chronological development of various jazz styles from jazz's early days up to the present but also on the underlying influences (musical, cultural, technological, social) that caused jazz to develop the way it did. We will pay particular attention to how jazz was influenced by the popular music of the day, especially the Great American Songbook of the 1920's, 30's and 40's.