MUS 2056 - Ear Training III

1 sem hr cr

This course includes aural dictation and provides a practical approach to sight singing techniques, including pitch and rhythmic reading, with emphasis on chromatic materials. This course satisfies the one-hour program requirement for the TTP agreement in accordance with the A.F.A. degree in music. Prerequisite: MUS 1156  

In rare and unusual circumstances, a course prerequisite can be overridden with the permission of the Department Lead for the discipline.

Formerly/Same As (Formerly MUS 2300)

Transfer (UT) or Non-Transfer Course (UN): UT

As a result of taking this course, the student will be able to…

• sing, by sight, melodies using accepted diatonic and chromatic sol-feg syllables.
• notate, from dictation, melodies with chromaticism.
• use a system of syllables for rhythmic analysis and reading, incorporating syncopation, triplets, and duplets.
• identify, by ear, chromatic non-chord tone types.
• Identify, by ear, the outer voices in a half cadence involving chromatic chords.
• sing, by sight, melodies which modulate to closely related keys.