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MUS-1250 Sight Singing and Ear Training


Credits 1
Equivalent Hours 1
This course offers an in-depth study and application of sight singing techniques of diatonic melodies in both the major and minor mode in both simple and compound meters using musical scores. Students are exposed to the movable do solfeggio system and learn basic techniques and methodologies of melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic dictation. Additionally, students develop sight singing skills that focus on proper rhythm, pitch, and solfege syllables.
Prerequisite(s): MUS-1155  or MUS-1410  with a grade of C or higher.
2 lab hours.
Course Outcomes
  1. Identify the principles of musical composition, including meter, key, and texture, through listening and score reading.
  2. Sing at sight melodies of intermediate difficulty, with solfeggio.  
  3. Sing simple intervals, major and three forms of minor scales with solfeggio.
  4. Aurally identify and notate simple intervals, major and three forms of minor scales, melodic phrases, harmonic progressions, and rhythmic patterns.
  5. Accurately transcribe simple rhythms and melodies in both the major and minor mode.




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