MUS 216 Aural Skills 6

Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 2
Credits: 2

Provides instruction in advanced concepts of 20th century western harmony, as well as harmony of non-western music and American Vernacular music. Also provides practice in ear training, including but not limited to sight-singing, melodic dictation, and harmonic dictation.

Prerequisite: Placement into WR 115 (or higher), or completion of WR 090 (or higher); and completion of MUS 215; or consent of the instructor. (All prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of C or higher.)
Student Learning Outcomes:

Demonstrate expertise in movable-do solfège in treble, alto, tenor, and bass clef.
Sing and conduct treble, alto, tenor and bass clef melodies that employ the following: Blues, Ecclesiastical Modes, Non-Western Modes, Polytonality and Polymodality, Whole-Tone, Octatonic and other Non-Tonal Scales.
Sing complex melodies incorporating all intervals and compound intervals.
Aurally recognize a variety of harmonic sonorities (intervals, cadences, chord progressions, etc.).
Notate music accurately and efficiently through dictation and transcription assignments.

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

Sight -Singing Elements
- Pentatonic melodies (Western and Non-Western)
- Blues scale melodies
- Melodies on ecclesiastical modes
- Melodies on South Asian modes
- Melodies on Middle-Eastern modes
- Polytonal and polymodal melodies
- Whole-tone melodies
- Octatonic melodies
- Atonal melodies
Dictation Elements
- Pentatonic melodies (Western and Non-Western)
- Blues scale melodies
- Melodies on ecclesiastical modes
- Melodies on South Asian modes
- Melodies on Middle-Eastern modes
- Polytonal and polymodal melodies
- Whole-Tone melodies
- Octatonic melodies
- Atonal melodies