MUSA 125 Ear Training and Musicianship II
Previously MUSC 111P. This is the second of a four-semester sequence of ear training and musicianship courses required of all music majors. Along with Music Theory II, the course focuses on sharpening student skills in sight reading, sight singing, and taking dictations.
Prerequisite
MUSA 123 with a grade of C or better, or MUSC 110P with a grade of C or better
Hours Weekly
2 hours lab and additional practice time weekly
Course Objectives
- Sight sing melodies in major/minor keys with intervals from the dominant triad, seventh
chords, and tritone using syllables. - Identify keys and notes in alto and tenor clef.
- 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.
- Take dictation of two-part texture.
- Take choral dictation of cadential progression in root position and inversions.
- Perform rhythmic exercises in one or two-part which include the divided and subdivided beat in
simple and compound time. - Take dictation of the outer voices of a simple chorale excerpt and analyze the harmonic
progression.
Course Objectives
- Sight sing melodies in major/minor keys with intervals from the dominant triad, seventh
chords, and tritone using syllables. - Identify keys and notes in alto and tenor clef.
- 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.
- Take dictation of two-part texture.
- Take choral dictation of cadential progression in root position and inversions.
- Perform rhythmic exercises in one or two-part which include the divided and subdivided beat in
simple and compound time. - Take dictation of the outer voices of a simple chorale excerpt and analyze the harmonic
progression.