Students will explore learning and facilitating the learning of others in vernacular music contexts via development of vernacular musicianship skills. Students will learn ways to include informal and non-formal instruction in their music teaching and apply functional aural skills through engaging in self- and peer-teaching and collaboration. Vernacular musicianship emphasizes students' musical autonomy, songwriting, and creative music-making and includes popular styles of music such as rock, country, hip-hop, rap, reggae, and dubstep.