MUSC& 122 - Ear Training 2

Credits: 2
Students continue to study simple and compound intervals, basic four-part harmony, rhythm and pitch through a program designed to train the ear to identify and write down musical structures from dictation.

Prerequisite: MUSC&121.

Satisfies Requirement: Humanities/Fine Arts/English

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

Aurally identify simple and compound intervals, rhythmic subdivisions, basic triads, and inversions of chords, including dominant seventh chords.
Aurally identify and notate melodies in major and minor (harmonic and melodic) keys in melodic dictation.
Aurally identify and notate rhythms of intermediate difficulty in simple and compound meters in rhythmic dictation.
Aurally identify and notate basic chord progressions in major and minor keys in harmonic dictation.
Develop basic and intermediate sight-singing skills in tonal music.

Program Outcomes

Demonstrate a knowledge of historical genres and styles beyond current trends in Performing Arts.
Demonstrate responsibility by one or more of the following: attendance, assignment completion, final project or performance completion.

College-wide Outcomes

Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.