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2026-2027 Catalog Amendment v.1 
    
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2026-2027 Catalog Amendment v.1

BIR 122 - The Percussion Instruments

1 Total Credits
Students learn preventive and basic maintenance of percussion instruments including: snare and field drum, bass drum, timpani, mallet percussion, and cymbals.

Course Outcomes
  1. Demonstrate knowledge of the basic function of percussion instruments. 
  2. Demonstrate practical knowledge of component nomenclature of common percussion   instruments
  3. Demonstrate practical knowledge of basic maintenance and tuning of percussion instruments.