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Richard Layton
MUSC151 Expecting a C+ Anonymous 08/15/2024 |
A very nice teacher . You will not be bored in his class. I will say that this class can be pretty challenging for voice majors due to majority of his terminology and teaching being centered around instrumentalists understanding and knowledge, so unless you have background knowledge regarding being an instrumentalists I don’t recommend you take this course with him. I also do wish that more resources were provided for those who have challenges with his lessons. Overall a good class. |
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Richard Layton
MUSC151 Expecting an A- Anonymous 05/04/2024 |
I love this teacher! He is so funny and nice. Homework is easy and straightforward, but you will lose some points for being careless. I would love to have him for every single theory class! |
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Richard Layton
MUSC150 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/11/2018 |
Dr. Layton is an AMAZING professor. He's entertaining, engaging, and a wonderful teacher. He makes sure to get to know all of his students, and his corny theory jokes make class enjoyable. His homework is straightforward, and I'd say he usually assigns it about once a week. He often travels to other schools to teach, so he is known to randomly cancel class. Exams are very reasonable. Definitely take Layton if you get the chance! |
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Richard Layton
MUSC150 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/05/2010 |
For the lecture part on MWF, the majority of the work for the class comes from keeping up with the reading, with occasional homework in the workbook to supplement it. So if you don't do the reading there is really not much work at all, but it is also harder to grasp the material. Layton is great at explaining it, but the class is only an hour long and there is a lot of material. Layton's tests are pretty much exactly like all the worksheets you do for the unit, just all combined into one test so you have to watch your time. And there are a few definitions, too, which you don't cover in homework, so make sure you review those before tests. As for Layton himself, he is probably one of the best teachers I've ever had. He not only holds everyone's attention, but he entertains us. I am not a morning person and this was my first class everyday at 9 AM, so I would skip this class a lot if he wasn't a good teacher. But I actually enjoy coming to theory, which is something none of my other music major friends at other schools can say. As for the ear training on T/Th, I'm probably biased because I'm a singer but I found it really easy. I didn't have to do anything outside of class for aural skills, I just showed up and sight sang and did the dictations and I'm pretty sure my grade is fairly close to 100%. Even if it is a challenge for some people, if you prepare the melodies before hand like you're suppposed to the class should be an easy A and will help pad your grade if your grade in lecture is borderline. And John is awesome. I specifically tried to get him again next semester because he is really nice and good at explaining things. He's a little awkward, but that might just be because he's new at teaching or maybe it's just how he is. |
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Richard Layton
MUSC150 Expecting an A Jatere 12/08/2009 |
Very funny teacher! Loves the students and explains stuff very well. I think he's a little picky when grading and the test arent as easy as you think. Overall i think i have a B in the class but the Lab portion will boost me up to an A since its 40% of your whole grade. The Lab section by the way is extremely easy |