MUS 116 Aural Skills 3

Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 2
Credits: 2

Provides instruction in the fundamental concepts of common-practice period melody, harmony, and rhythm and provides practice in ear training, including but not limited to sight-singing, melodic and rhythmic dictation, and intervallic recognition.

Prerequisite: Placement into WR 115 (or higher), or completion of WR 090 (or higher); and completion of MUS 115; or consent of the instructor. (All prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.)
Student Learning Outcomes:

Demonstrate fluency in movable-do solfège in both treble and bass clef.
Sing and conduct treble and bass clef diatonic melodies in major and minor keys, with accuracy and appropriate  musical expression.
Perform rhythmic exercises with accuracy and appropriate musical expression.
Sing simple pieces in two voices.
Aurally recognize a variety of harmonic vocabulary (triads, intervals, cadences, etc.).
Notate music accurately and efficiently through dictation and transcription assignments.
Sing diatonic triads (in relation to a given tonic) in all inversions.
Sing the major and minor scales (all three forms).
Sing all intervals within an octave, both ascending and descending.

Statewide General Education Outcomes:

Interpret and engage in the Arts and Letters, making use of the creative process to enrich the quality of life.
Critically analyze values and ethics within a range of human experience and expression to engage more fully in local and global issues.

Content Outline

Aural Skills Basics
- Pitch
- Solfege syllables and Curwen hand signs
- Singing simple melodies
- Intervals
- Triads
- Keys and key signatures
- Modes
Melodic and Harmonic Dictation
- Major keys
- Minor keys
- Modes
Rhythmic Dictation
- Rhythm
- Time signatures
- Meters
Duple meters (simple and compound)
Triple meters (simple and compound)
Asymmetrical meters