Master Syllabus MU1412, Sight Singing & Ear Train II

Credits 2 Lab Hours 1 Lecture Hours 1 Clinical Hours 0
Course Description
Harmonic and melodic dictation, applying principles and techniques presented in Theory II.

For each unit of credit, a minimum of three hours per week with one of the hours for class and two hours for studying/preparation outside of class is expected.

Program and/or Department Mission Statement

The mission of the Humanities and Social Sciences is to foster an appreciation of the role that the humanities and social sciences has played in the evolution of civilized society and to explore the ways that an understanding of theory and practice in philosophy, the social and behavioral sciences, the fine arts, and written and oral expression will enable students to participate thoughtfully in a global society.

Academic Year
AY2024-25
SCCC Outcomes

Outcome #4: Demonstrate mathematical skills by using a variety of techniques and technologies.

Outcome #5: Demonstrate the ability to think critically by gathering facts, generating insights, analyzing data, and evaluating information.

Course Outcomes
  1. Students will learn how to use the ear as well as the voice to learn basic necessities of musical training.
  2. Students will learn how sight singing and ear training are an integral part of the practice of musical analysis.
  3. Students will be able to hone their musical abilities through sight singing and ear training practice lessons.
  4. By the end of the semester the afore mentioned outcomes will have been tested through the use of seven exams.
Course Outline

The level of difficulty in exercises in Sight Singing and Ear Training from the items below:

  1. Rest and active tones - identification and recognition of both
  2. Melodies combined with rhythms - this will be utilized both orally and through dictation.
  3. Intervals of the complete major scale with Kodály method - use of m2 through M7 and the recognition of all intervals.
Instructional Methods
  1. Lecture
  2. Class discussion and questions
  3. Written examples
  4. Individual sight-singing
  5. Melodic dictation
  6. Intervalic dictation
  7. Combined melodic and harmonic dictation
Instructional Resources and Materials
  1. Text
  2. Recordings
  3. Musical examples
  4. Practice exercises
  5. Teacher-prepared exercises
Methods of Assessment

Outcome 4.

Outcome 5.

Students are required to identify, analyze and sign basic musical passages and patterns. This knowledge is tested by oral, aural, and written examinations.

  1. Students are required to use mathematical skills in determining specific properties of music along with developing rhythmic patterns and identifying specific rhythmic values.
  2. Students are required to analyze and listen to different chords and chord structures and based on that analyzation name the chords.

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