Ear Training & Sight Singing I

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Course
MUSC 1111
Discontinued
Yes
Course code
MUSC 1111
Descriptive
Ear Training & Sight Singing I
Department
Music
Faculty
Language, Literature & Performing Arts
Credits
1.00
Start date
End term
202010
PLAR
Yes
Semester length
15 weeks
Max class size
20
Contact hours
3 hours per week
Method(s) of instruction
Lecture
Learning activities

Presentation of concepts, demonstration of learning strategies and modelling of skills by the instructor, integrated with drills and practice exercises by the students.  Skill reinforcement through assigned use of auxiliary online and/or computer resources.

Course description
This course develops aural and sight singing skills with a focus on the basic melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic elements of diatonic tonal music.
Course content
  1. Aural Recognition
    • Melodic intervals within an octave, ascending and descending.
    • Harmonic intervals and simple two-part textures.
    • Triads in root position, first and second inversions.
    • Simple diatonic melodies in major and minor modes.
    • Bass factor, quality, and position of primary triads in major and minor progressions.
    • Meter, mode, cadence types.
    • Basic rhythmic patterns in both simple and compound meters.
    • Error detection and correction exercises.
  2. Sight Performance
    • Diatonic melodies with simple rhythms.
    • Simple rhythmic exercises.
  3. Musicianship Skills Performance
    • Intervals, triads and broken chord progressions.
    • Use of a relative pitch labelling system (movable-doh solfège or scale degree numbers).
    • Use of Kodály hand signs and basic conducting patterns.
Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the successful student should be able to demonstrate satisfactory skill and musicianship in aural recognition and sight performance of tonal melodies, harmonies, and rhythms as outlined in section N.

Means of assessment
Sight singing Tests (minimum 4) 40%
Melodic, Rhythmic and Harmonic Dictation Tests (minimum 4) 50%
Weekly homework assignments 10%
Total  100%

N.B.: This course includes final testing worth more than 10% during the last 14 days of classes. A standing variance to the Evaluation Policy was granted by Education Council on Mar. 21, 2011.

Textbook materials

The latest editions of required texts such as the following:

  1. Ear Training Textbook
    • Horvit, Michael, Timothy Koozin and Robert Nelson. Music for Ear Training: CD-ROM and Workbook. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.
      OR
    • Karpinski, Gary S. Manual for Ear Training and Sight Singing. New York: W. W. Norton.
      Plus accompanying CD-ROM.
  2. Sight Singing Textbook
    • Berkowitz, Sol, Gabriel Fontrier, Leo Kraft, Perry Goldstein and Edward Smaldone. A New Approach to Sight Singing. New York: W. W. Norton.
Prerequisites

UT Music entrance or permission                               

Corequisites

MUSC 1110 or MUSC 2310

Which prerequisite

MUSC 1211