MUSC 1113 - Aural Skills I
2 Credits
Develops the ability to dictate and articulate musical pitches both heard and read from an introductory level through a course of study that gradually increases in complexity in rhythm, tonality and musical texture.
Major Content Areas
Melodic and Rhythmic Embellishment in Two-Voice Composition: 5.5% Notation and Scoring: 5.5% Pitch Intervals: 5.5% The Interaction of Melody and Harmony: More on Cadence, Phrase, and Melody: 5.5% Expanding the Basic Phrase: Leading-Tone, Cadential 6/4, and Passing Chords: 5.5% Beat, Meter and Rhythmic Values: Compound Meters: 5.5% Further Expansions of the Basic Phrase: Predominance, 6/4 chords, and other diatonic chords: 5.5% Intervals in Action (Two-Voice Composition): 5.5% Chorale Harmonization and Figured Bass: 5.5% Voicing Chords in Multiple Parts: Instrumentation: 5.5% Embellishing Tones: 5.5% Diatonic Sequences: 5.5% Pitch and Pitch class: 5.5% The Basic Phrase Model: Tonic and Dominant Voice-Leading: 5.5% Minor Keys and the Diatonic Modes: 6.5% Traids and Seventh Chords: 5.5% Pitch Collections, Scales, and Major Keys: 5.5% Beat, Meter and Rhythm: Simple Meters: 5.5%
Learning Outcomes
Interpret aurally the harmonic movement and structure of music and document the notational representation Read and articulate through vocalization the pitches and rhythms of a musical manuscript Engage in the improvisation of melodic, harmonic and rhythmic variation within a formal music structure Apply theoretical elements, construct and practice music notation
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MNTC) Goals
06 - Humanities/Fine Arts
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