MUS 215 - Aural Comprehension III
Description
This course is an advanced continuation of the aural skills learned in MUS 116 . Emphasis is on singing, aural identification and dictation of scales, intervals, harmonic progressions, melodic patterns, rhythmic patterns, triads and seventh chords. Development of intermediate sight singing techniques as well as skills in notating performed melodic and harmonic musical examples also occurs. Additional Auralia practice hours are required each week.
Credit Hours: 2
Contact Hours: 2
School: School of Liberal Arts
Department: Music
Discipline: MUS
Last Revision Date Effective: 2017-04-17 13:37:49
Course Review & Revision Year: 2024-2025
Course Type:
Program Requirement- Offering designed to meet the learning needs of students in a specific GRCC program.
Course Format:
Lecture - 1:1
General Education Requirement: None
General Education Learner Outcomes (GELO):
NA
Course Learning Outcomes:
1. Sing melodies containing the dominant 7th chord and/or other diatonic sevenths.
2. Sing melodies containing the diatonic tritone in major and minor keys.
3. Sing or clap simple and compound rhythmic patterns using divisions of the beat into two and three parts, respectively.
4. Sing, play, or clap simple and compound rhythmic patterns using subdivisions of the beat into four and six parts, respectively.
5. Sing melodies containing any interval from the tonic and dominant triads and seventh chord in a major or minor tonality.
6. Notate, by ear, short melodies from music literature.
7. Notate, by ear, short melodies that contain sequential patterns.
8. Notate, by ear, short melodies that chromatic tones.
9. Notate, by ear, short melodies with two separate simultaneous melodic lines.
10. Identify and notate any harmonic interval within the major/minor tonal system.
11. Aurally distinguish between all types of triads within diatonic harmonic progressions.
12. Aurally identify dominant seventh and leading tone seventh chords within diatonic harmonic progressions.
13. Transcribe rhythmic patterns in simple and compound meters containing divisions and subdivisions of the beat value.
14. Transcribe triplet rhythmic patterns in simple meters.
15. Know and use active listening skills.
16. Create and/or organize data and information into meaningful patterns in order to interpret and draw inferences from it.
17. Complete work accurately with attention to detail.
Approved for Online Delivery?: No
Course Outline:
I. Sightsinging
A. Melody
1. Melodies in major and minor keys using the complete dominant seventh chord
2. Melodies in major and minor keys using other diatonic intervals of the seventh
3. Melodies in major and minor keys using the interval of the tritone
B. Rhythm
1. Simple meter with its beat value, division, and subdivision
2. Compound meter with its beat value, division, and subdivision
3. Two-part drills in simple and compound meter with divisions and subdivision
II. Eartraining
A. Melodic dictation
1. Two-part dictation
2. Short melodies modulating to closely related keys
3. Melodies containing sequential pattern
B. Harmonic dictation
1. Chord quality identification of all diatonic seventh chord types
2. The dominant seventh chord in chorale phrases
3. Identification of inversion of the dominant seventh chord.
C. Rhythmic dictation
1. Divisions and subdivisions in simple and compound meters
2. Rhythmic patterns in simple time with triplet division
3. Two-voice rhythms
Mandatory CLO Competency Assessment Measures:
None
Name of Industry Recognize Credentials: None
Instructional Strategies:
Daily drill and repetition: 60-90%
MacGamut tutorial work: 10-25%
Bi-weekly Kraft textbook dictation assignments: 5-10%
Mandatory Course Components:
Final Exam
Academic Program Prerequisite: None
Prerequisites/Other Requirements: C or Higher in the following courses: MUS 114 and MUS 116
English Prerequisite(s): None
Math Prerequisite(s): None
Course Corerequisite(s): MUS 213
Course-Specific Placement Test: None
Consent to Enroll in Course: No Department Consent Required
Total Lecture Hours Per Week: 2
Faculty Credential Requirements:
Master’s Degree (GRCC general requirement), Other (list below)
Faculty Credential Requirement Details: Instructors who teach MUS 215 must be successful music educators who have a strong background in aural comprehension, sight singing, and dictation. Additionally strong choral and piano skills are recommended.
General Room Request: None
Maximum Course Enrollment: 20
Equivalent Courses: None
Dual Enrollment Allowed?: Yes
Advanced Placement (AP) Exam Credit Accepted: None
AP Min. Score: NA
Number of Times Course can be taken for credit: 1
Programs Where This Courses is a Requirement:
Associate of Music, A.M., Music, A.M. (Western Michigan University)
People Soft Course ID Number: 100312
Course CIP Code: 50.09
High School Articulation Agreements exist?: No
If yes, with which high schools?: NA
Non-Credit GRCC Agreement exist?: No
If yes, with which Departments?: NA
Corporate Articulation Agreement exist?: No
If yes, with which Companies?: NA
Essential Abilities/Technical Standards:
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