Matthew Taylor

It's hard to speak highly of this class. It is certainly good for students with little to no musical knowledge but I think it should be appropriately advertised as an extremely fundamental class. Additionally, I felt that there wasn't a great deal of care extended to the class by Professor Taylor. I understand that it is a very low level music class and easy to overlook but it's concerning that almost all of his grading was done by the TA and he chose not to hold an alarming number of classes. If my estimation is correct, I think we did not meet in person for an entire 1/3 of the scheduled classes. In my opinion this is unacceptable. Especially if the class is one that covers basic concepts that will be built upon in the future, it is ridiculous that we would only meet in person for 24 classes when we're supposed to have 36. That is disappointing.

It's hard to speak highly of this class. It is certainly good for students with little to no musical knowledge but I think it should be appropriately advertised as an extremely fundamental class. Additionally, I felt that there wasn't a great deal of care extended to the class by Professor Taylor. I understand that it is a very low l …Read more

This course is a cakewalk for anyone with even a rudimentary understanding of music theory. There are virtually no projects, the final was a 12 measure composition for two voices that didn't need to follow any actual counterpoint rules, and the professor cancelled almost a third of the scheduled classes for one reason or another. Take if you want the easiest A of your life, avoid if you actually want to learn about music.

This course is a cakewalk for anyone with even a rudimentary understanding of music theory. There are virtually no projects, the final was a 12 measure composition for two voices that didn't need to follow any actual counterpoint rules, and the professor cancelled almost a third of the scheduled classes for one reason or another. Tak …Read more

The actual course and course material were very good and I learned so much. However, Professor Taylor is a very interesting teacher and sometimes does not do a great job of explaining certain musical concepts. I came into this class with a fair amount of knowledge and was able to independently research many of the topics taught in the course and come to class with questions that Professor Taylor could answer.

The actual course and course material were very good and I learned so much. However, Professor Taylor is a very interesting teacher and sometimes does not do a great job of explaining certain musical concepts. I came into this class with a fair amount of knowledge and was able to independently research many of the topics taught in th …Read more