MUSC 2260 Aural Skills III

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

Registration Name

Aural Skills III

Lecture Hours

1

Lab Hours

0

Credits

1

Prerequisite

MUSC 2200, MUSC 2210

Corequisite

MUSC 2250

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 and harmonic intervals, two intervals in succession, and rhythms.
• Sight sing melodies using scale degrees and/or solfège syllables.
• Hear, recognize, and identify chords including diatonic seventh chords (function, position, and quality), cadences, phrase structure, simple forms, harmonic rhythm, and nonharmonic tones.
• Notate diatonic melodies, two-voice melodies, modulating melodies, rhythms, and modulating chorale phrases (bass and soprano lines; alto or tenor line; nonharmonic tones and chordal analysis) upon dictation.
• Identify discrepancies between written and audible melodies, rhythms, and in two-voice compositions (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.