MUSC-111P Ear Training and Musicianship II
This is the second of a four-semester sequence of ear training and musicianship courses required of all music majors. Along with MUSC-111A, Music Theory II, the course focuses on sharpening student skills in sight reading, sight singing, and taking dictations.
Prerequisite
MUSC-110P with a grade of C or better
Hours Weekly
2 hours lab and additional practice time weekly
Course Objectives
- 1. Sight sing melodies in major/minor keys with intervals from the dominant triad, seventh
chords, and tritone using syllables. - 2. Identify keys and notes in alto and tenor clef.
- 3. Take dictation of a diatonic melody of moderate rhythmic difficulty which includes leaps of up
to a major seventh and intervals from the dominant triad and dominant seventh chord.
- 4. Take dictation of two-part texture.
- 5. Take choral dictation of cadential progression in root position and inversions.
- 6. Perform rhythmic exercises in one or two-part which include the divided and subdivided beat in
simple and compound time. - 7. Take dictation of the outer voices of a simple chorale excerpt and analyze the harmonic
progression.
Course Objectives
- 1. Sight sing melodies in major/minor keys with intervals from the dominant triad, seventh
chords, and tritone using syllables. - 2. Identify keys and notes in alto and tenor clef.
- 3. Take dictation of a diatonic melody of moderate rhythmic difficulty which includes leaps of up
to a major seventh and intervals from the dominant triad and dominant seventh chord.
- 4. Take dictation of two-part texture.
- 5. Take choral dictation of cadential progression in root position and inversions.
- 6. Perform rhythmic exercises in one or two-part which include the divided and subdivided beat in
simple and compound time. - 7. Take dictation of the outer voices of a simple chorale excerpt and analyze the harmonic
progression.