Course

Ear Training & Sight Singing IV

Important Notice

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

Faculty
Language, Literature & Performing Arts
Department
Music
Course Code
MUSC 2411
Credits
1.00
Semester Length
15 weeks
Max Class Size
20
Method(s) Of Instruction
Lecture
Typically Offered
Winter

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, modulation and asymmetrical metres.
Course Content
  1. Aural Recognition
    • Melodies in various phrase groupings including double periods, with chromatic tones, and modulation to closely- and distantly-related keys.
    • Modulating melodies in two-part textures.
    • Soprano and bass factors, quality, and position of chords in progressions which include: borrowed chords, the Neapolitan Sixth chord, augmented sixth chords, and modulation.
    • Complex rhythmic patterns including asymmetrical and changing meters.
  2. Sight Performance
    • Melodies which contain more complex rhythms, chromatic tones, and modulations.
    • Complex rhythmic exercises including irregular beat divisions.
  3. Musicianship Skills Performance
    • Modulating melodic fragments
    • Broken chord patterns.
    • Ensemble exercises emphasizing multi-part awareness including canons and sing-and-plays.
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 March 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 Course Content.

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). 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

Prerequisites

MUSC 2311                                

Corequisites

MUSC 2410

Equivalencies

No equivalent courses.

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 2411
University of Victoria (UVIC) UVIC MUS 270B (0.5)

Course Offerings

Winter 2025