J. Frank Turner

MUSIC32 · MUS94 · MUSIC32ONLINE · MUSIC1 · MUSIC101 · ONLINEMUSIC32 · MUSIC23 · MUSIC · MUSIC94 · MUSIC2 · MUS32 · 23 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 14/100
RMP rating: 2.1/5
Take again: 0%
Difficulty: 4.0

The decision

Avoid unless you already have strong music skills and .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerHarsh graderBelittling toneHeavy workloadIncoherent feedbackNot beginner friendly

Many students call him one of the worst music professors they had
and assumed prior knowledge wreck GPAs
A small minority found him knowledgeable or influential

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

18/100

Students report doing all work and still failing or losing a 4.0 under harsh, unpredictable grading.

Online and .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Music concepts plus assumed ear skills and heavy weekly quizzes make the class hard for typical beginners.

Both formats describe high difficulty; .

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

48/100

One review says attendance not mandatory, but most focus .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

16/100

and the bulk of comments warn others not to enroll.

and in-person reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

16/100

GPAs and failing despite full effort.

Format shift

reviews.

Workload

Heavy

24/100

and daily online exams pile on work.

Format shift

Online daily exams and .

Teaching experience

Poor

22/100

Most students describe unhelpful, belittling, or incoherent teaching despite rare praise for knowledge.

Format shift

; online only shows early failure.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

68/100

Frequent quizzes, listening identification, and exams dominate over low-stakes projects.

Format shift

; and large assignments.

Luni fit check

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Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

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Classroom format

In person

22 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person music classes are widely described as harsh, unsupportive, and GPA-damaging, with a few outliers calling him influential.

Main concern

, and little help dominate the experience.

What students said

“Nevertheless, he killed my 4.0 gpa for no reason whatsoever. .”
MUSIC32

“this guy really loves to make ppl feel stupid.”
MUS32

“I asked him for help numerous times and got very cynical responses. .”
MUSIC32

Remote format

Online

1 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

One and immediate failure risk within the first week.

Main concern

Daily exams and assumed music knowledge make early failure likely.

What students said

“There is an music sounds already.”
MUSIC32

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams and , and are graded harshly with little support.

Daily examsListening identificationFrequent quizzesHarsh grading

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

plus large assignments and hard grading.

Several quizzes per weekLarge assignmentsHard grading

“Average 4 lessons/quizzes .”
MUSIC32

“He expects for assignment 1 that you can already identify specific instruments by ear.”
MUSIC32ONLINE

Online

Online review reports an and expected prior knowledge of music sounds.

Daily examsAssumed prior listening skills

“There is an music sounds already.”
MUSIC32

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“Probably the !”
Voice snapshots generated from 23 reviews (1 online, 22 in-person), weighing harsh grading and sparse positives. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

22/100

“He's one of the .”

⚖️

16/100

“Nevertheless, he killed my 4.0 gpa for no reason whatsoever. .”

👎 Recommendation

16/100

“ .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

pompous teaching style
makes you work hard and dosen't like helping you much
cynical responses

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

!
, and could still fail the class

Theme 3

⭐ Rare Positive Notes

one of thr 5 best teachers I ever had
Assuredly the single most influential i have ever had
and he is a funny and nice guy

Data context

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Analysis sample

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Lifetime ratings

70/100

Evidence confidence

Twenty-three reviews over many years , though many are old and a few positive outliers remain.

Inside 23 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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1 out of 511

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

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F

F 1

No letter grade reported

Not_Sure_Yet 1 · Rather not say 1

J. Frank Turner

Avoid unless you already have strong music skills and x x x x x x x.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

MissionImpossible

Challenging

Varies

Avoid

See how this professor fits your week.

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

In person

Online

See what students actually said.

🎯 Teaching Quality

⚖️ x x

👎 Recommendation

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

⭐ Rare Positive Notes

See exactly what the AI read.

Quality ratings

Course coverage

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Avoid unless you already have strong music skills and .

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