Undergraduate Catalog 2021-2022

MUSC 2130 Aural Skills IV

Melodic, harmonic and rhythmic dictation, sight singing and keyboard harmony. Designed to be taken in conjunction with MUSC 2120.

Credits

1

Prerequisite

MUSC 2100 and MUSC 2110.

Corequisite

MUSC 2120.

Typically Offered

Demorest Campus: fall day

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon the completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the following outcome-based learning skills:

  1. Hear, recognize, identify, and sing scale degrees, scales, modes, melodic and harmonic intervals, three intervals in succession, and rhythms.
  2. Sight sing melodies using scale degrees and/or solfège syllables.
  3. Hear, recognize, and identify chords including diatonic seventh chords, secondary chromatic harmonies, Augmented 6th and Neapolitan 6th chords (function, position, and quality), cadences, phrase structure, simple forms, harmonic rhythm, and nonharmonic tones.
  4. Notate diatonic melodies, two-voice melodies, modulating melodies, melodies with non-diatonic tones, rhythms, and modulating chorale phrases (all four SATB lines; nonharmonic tones and chordal analysis) upon dictation.
  5. Identify discrepancies between written and audible melodies, rhythms, and in SATB (error detection).
  6. Transcribe sections of performed music, in specific notes and/or chordal analysis.
  7. Think critically as it relates to score study and aural analysis of melodic, rhythmic, harmonic, and structural aspects of music.