MUSC 2210 Aural Skills II

This course emphasizes melodic, harmonic and rhythmic dictation, sight singing, and keyboard harmony.

Registration Name

Aural Skills II

Lecture Hours

1

Lab Hours

0

Credits

1

Prerequisite

MUSC 1100, MUSC 1110

Corequisite

MUSC 2250

Offered

Demorest: Fall

Student Learning Outcomes

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

• Hear, recognize, identify, and sing scale degrees, scales, melodic intervals, and rhythms.
• Sight sing melodies using scale degrees and/or solfège syllables.
• Hear, recognize, and identify chords (function, position, and quality), cadences, phrase structure, harmonic rhythm, and nonharmonic tones.
• Notate diatonic melodies, rhythms, and chorale phrases (bass line, soprano line, nonharmonic tones, and chordal analysis) upon dictation.
• Identify discrepancies between written and audible melodies and rhythms (error detection).
• Transcribe sections of performed music, in specific notes and/or chordal analysis.
• Think critically as it relates to score study and aural analysis of melodic, rhythmic, harmonic, and structural aspects of music.