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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:

  1. Interpret music in the treble, bass, alto and tenor clefs while sight singing melodies that contain chromatic elements.
  2. Identify musical sequences presented aurally.
  3. Interpret sound patterns presented aurally while dictating melodies that contain chromatic elements.
  4. Interpret sound patterns presented aurally while taking rhythmic and two-part dictation in simple and compound meters.
  5. Evaluate instances when printed notation does not correspond with a given aural example (i.e., error detection).
Listed Topics
  1. Treble, bass, alto and tenor clefs
  2. Sequences
  3. Modulation
  4. Tonicization
  5. Modal mixture
  6. Chromaticism
  7. Simple and compound meters
  8. Melodic, rhythmic and two-part dictation
  9. Error detection
Reference Materials
Textbook, CDs, sheet music, internet
Approved By: Bullock, Quintin Date Approved: 12/15/2014


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