Course

Ear Training & Sight Singing III

Important Notice

This course is not active. Please contact Department Chair for more information.

Faculty
Language, Literature & Performing Arts
Department
Music
Course code
MUSC 2311
Credits
1.00
Semester length
15 weeks
Max class size
20
Method(s) of instruction
Lecture
Typically offered
Fall

Overview

Course description
This course provides development of aural and sight singing skills with a focus on more complex melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic elements of tonal music, including chromaticism and irregular beat divisions.
Course content

  1. Aural Recognition
    • Chromatic scale degrees in major and minor modes.
    • Melodies in single phrases and simple period structures, including chromatic tones.
    • Simple two-part melodic textures including chromatic and non-chord tones.
    • Seventh chords in all positions.
    • Soprano and bass factors, quality, and position of chords in progressions which include: root-position and inverted seventh chords, applied (secondary) dominant and leading-tone seventh chords, and non-modulating harmonic sequences.
    • Longer and more complex rhythmic exercises including irregular beat divisions.
  2. Sight Performance
    • Melodies which include large intervals, harmonic and non-harmonic chromatic tones
    • Longer and more complex rhythmic exercises including irregular beat divisions.
  3. Musicianship Skills Performance
    • Seventh chords (primary and secondary functions) in broken chord progressions.
    • Chromaticism in relative pitch labelling systems (movable-doh solfège or scale degree numbers).
    • Chromatic Kodály hand signs.
    • Ensemble singing exercises.

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 aural skills resources.

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

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.

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.

Textbook materials

The latest editions of required texts such as the following:

Ear Training Textbook

  • Horvit, Michael, Timothy Koozin and Robert Nelson. Music for Ear Training (CD-ROM and Workbook). 3rd ed.  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.

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.

Requisites

Course Guidelines

Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.

(Current)

Course Transfers

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Institution Transfer details for MUSC 2311
University of Victoria (UVIC) UVIC MUS 270A (0.5)

Course Offerings

Winter 2025