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Music

Matthew Baer

MUSIC1 · 9 lifetime ratings

AI rating
91/100
RMP rating
4.7/5
Take again
88.89%
Difficulty
2.2

The decision

Great pick for an easy Music 1 GE if and show up; Online may be less consistent.

Best fit · Easy A HunterHilarious lecturesEasy GE music classMusic lab hoursUnderstandingClear grading
  • Intro music is hard to fail if you do the and light work
  • Students love his humor, passion, and approachable style
  • One older Online review criticized organization and missed office hours

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

86/100

Students repeatedly say it is hard to fail and an easy A with lectures and lab reports.

In-person evidence is stronger; Online has one negative outlier.

Is the course easy?

Introductory

82/100

Music fundamentals content is beginner-level with and easy finals for most students.

In-person reviews emphasize ease; one Online review rated difficulty higher.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

as mandatory, though Online often is not.

In person is mandatory; Online reviews more often say no.

Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

88/100

Most students call him a .

In-person recommendations are near-unanimous; Online is mixed.

Course guide

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Grading

Generous

88/100

, and many A grades with an .

Format shift

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Workload

Light

78/100

; work is manageable.

Format shift

In ; Online uses short theory quizzes and logs.

Teaching experience

Excellent

90/100

Passionate, hilarious, caring lectures with only one strong organization complaint.

Format shift

In-person praise is consistent; Online quality is mixed.

Assessment method

Balanced

45/100

, and an .

Format shift

Both formats mention lab logs or .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

6 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Easy A Hunter

In-person students call him chill, hilarious, and hard to fail with and a .

Main concern

and .

What students said

“the class is really hard to fail unless you absolutely don't do anything.”
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“ .”
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“It is definitely an easy A if you watch his lectures and .”
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Remote format

Online

3 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Two Online students loved the class structure; and said he skipped office hours.

Main concern

Organization and office-hour reliability may vary Online.

What students said

“Mr. Baer !”
MUSIC1
“ , and he did not honor his office hours.”
MUSIC1
“The class was fairly straight forward.”
MUSIC1

Exam style

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Finals and quizzes are described as easy and aligned with lectures or MusicTheory.net lessons.

Easy finalQuiz after short lessonsLab hour logs

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

82/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and light worksheets with weekly lab time.

Easy finalLight worksheetsWeekly music lab
“ .”
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“We have to have two hours per week inside the ”
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Online

Online work often means short recorded lessons plus quizzes and self-reported practice logs.

Short recorded lessonsQuizzesSelf-reported lab logs
“He might have you watch a recorded lesson (~5-30 min) based on the site "Musictheory*net" and then have you do a quiz.”
MUSIC1

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“It is definitely an easy A if you watch his lectures and .”

Voice snapshots generated from 9 reviews (3 Online, 6 In , and one Online concern. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

90/100

“He is one of the sweetest professors I've ever have.”

😄 Fun Classroom

88/100

“He was hilarious in all his lectures which made it fun to learn.”

⚠️ Online Organization Risk

40/100

“ , and he did not honor his office hours.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He's a chill professor
  • He makes you want to participate
  • He was hilarious in all his lectures

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • really hard to fail unless you absolutely don't do anything
  • definitely an easy A if you watch his lectures

Theme 3

🧪

  • two hours per week inside the music lab
  • main grade was to go to the music lab at holt 201 for 2 hours a week
  • self-reporting via written log of how you spent two hours each week

Data context

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Analysis sample

9

Recent reviews read by the AI

9

Lifetime ratings

78/100

Evidence confidence

Nine reviews across Online and In person from 2021-2025 with mostly consistent praise.

Inside 9 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 58
4 out of 50
3 out of 50
2 out of 51
1 out of 50

Course coverage

MUSIC19 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

9 reported outcomes

A range

8

A+ 2 · A 6

B range

1

B 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values