MUSC 2140: Aural Skills I

Class Program
Credits 1.0
Read and perform written music (sight-reading). Identify and notate heard music (dictation). Skills include aural identification of intervals, primary triads, major and minor scales. Vocal reading includes one and two part diatonic vocal lines in major and minor keys using moveable-do solfege and la-based minor. One and two part rhythm drills include various note values, subdivision of the beat, simple and compound meters, and basic conducting patterns. Dictation exercises include hearing and notating basic diatonic melodies in simple and compound meters with only basic subdivisions of the beat. Lecture/practice. Upper-level course. Prerequisite: MUSC 1010 or MUSC 1110.
Semester Offered
Spring