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Feb 05, 2025
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MUS 237 - Musicianship Skills 3
Credits: 2
2 Lecture Hours
Prerequisites: MUS 138
Co-requisites: MUS 228 recommended
Description
This course builds upon the aural music theory skills developed in Musicianship Skills 2. It includes sight singing and dictation of melodies containing chromatic elements; rhythmic dictation in simple and compound meters; and two-part dictation. The course material covers tonicizations, modulations, sequences, modal mixture and other chromatic chords.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will:
- Interpret music in the treble, bass, alto and tenor clefs while sight singing melodies that contain chromatic elements.
- Identify musical sequences presented aurally.
- Interpret sound patterns presented aurally while dictating melodies that contain chromatic elements.
- Interpret sound patterns presented aurally while taking rhythmic and two-part dictation in simple and compound meters.
- Evaluate instances when printed notation does not correspond with a given aural example (i.e., error detection).
Listed Topics
- Treble, bass, alto and tenor clefs
- Sequences
- Modulation
- Tonicization
- Modal mixture
- Chromaticism
- Simple and compound meters
- Melodic, rhythmic and two-part dictation
- Error detection
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: Dr. Quintin B. Bullock Date Approved: 12/15/2014
Last Reviewed: 5/13/2021
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