MUS 238 - Musicianship Skills 4

Credits: 2
2 Lecture Hours

Prerequisites: MUS 237
Co-requisites: MUS 229 recommended

Description
This course builds upon the aural music theory skills developed in Musicianship Skills 3. It includes sight singing and dictation exercises that contain chromatic elements, diatonic modes, non-diatonic scales and more advanced rhythmic techniques such as syncopation, mixed meter and borrowed division of the beat. Aural identification of large scale musical forms is included as well.

Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will:

Sing diatonic modes.
Sing non-diatonic scales.
Interpret music in the treble, bass, alto and tenor clefs while sight-singing melodies that contain chromatic elements, diatonic modes, non-diatonic scales, syncopation, mixed meter and borrowed division of the beat.
Interpret sound patterns presented aurally while taking rhythmic, melodic, two-part and four-part (harmonic) dictation in simple and compound meters.
Identify the large scale form of music presented aurally.

Listed Topics

18th and 19th-century musical forms
20th and 21st-century techniques
Motivic manipulation
Phrase rhythm
Diatonic modes
Non-diatonic scales
Syncopation
Mixed meters
Melodic, rhythmic, two-part and four-part (harmonic) dictation

Reference Materials
Textbook, CDs, sheet music, internet

Students who successfully complete this course acquire general knowledge, skills and abilities that align with CCAC’s definition of an educated person. Specifically, this course fulfills these General Education Goals:

Quantitative and Scientific Reasoning

Approved By: Bullock, Quintin Date Approved: 12/15/2014

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