MUS 116 - Aural Comprehension II

1. Notate, perform, and move rhythms in both simple and compound meters that include a borrowed divisions, a limited number of syncopations, ties, and rests and that utilize beat, division, and a limited number of subdivisions in common meter signatures.
2. Sing, identify, and transcribe major and all forms of minor scales using note names, solfège, and numbers in any key, while demonstrating the dichord sung (half step, whole step, augmented 2nd). Major scales will be sung as C to C scales.
3. Sing, identify, and transcribe all simple intervals, melodically ascending and descending, and harmonically.
4. Perform and transcribe diatonic melodies outlining the tonic, supertonic, subdominant, and dominant 7th triads in major and minor keys in treble, bass, and alto clefs.
5. Improvise antecedent and consequence phrases in simple or compound meter, with a given rhythmic pattern, singing on scale degree numbers, letters, and solfège.
6. Sing and identify the suite of triads and their inversions (major, minor, diminished, augmented).
7. Sing and resolve progressions such as the dominant 7th chord in all positions and the sequence of descending 5ths.
8. Transcribe four-part chorales of 6-8 chords that include I, ii6, IV, V, V7, and vi in major and minor keys.

1. Sight singing
   1. Melody
      1. Interval Review. Emphasis on descending intervals.
      2. Singing Major C to C Scales. Singing minor scales.
      3. Singing descending intervals, chords and their inversions, and progressions.
      4. Melodies in major and minor keys using intervals from the tonic triad
      5. Duets in major and minor keys involving intervals from the tonic triad
      6. Single line melodies written in alto clef
      7. Duets involving melodies written in the alto clef
      8. Melodies in major and minor keys using intervals from the dominant triad and seventh chord
      9. Duets in major and minor keys using intervals from the dominant triad and seventh chords.
      10. Improvisation antecedent and consequent phrases using given rhythmic patterns
   2. Rhythm
      1. Simple meter rhythm pattern review.
      2. Compound meter rhythm pattern review
      3. Rhythm duets in simple and compound meter
      4. Borrowed divisions
      5. Rhythm exercises in tandem with melodic skill development
2. Eartraining
   1. Melodic dictation
      1. Melodies outlining the I, ii6, IV, V and vi triads
      2. Melodies involving outlines of the dominant 7th chord.
      3. Melodies involving two phrases
      4. Melodies containing various large leaps
   2. Harmonic dictation
      1. Progressions involving the tonic, supertonic, subdominant, and dominant triad and dominant seventh chords
      2. Detection of errors in triads in four-part harmony
      3. Progressions involving the tonic, supertonic, subdominant, dominant and submediant triads
      4. Progressions involving the tonic, supertonic, subdominant, dominant, submediant and leading tone triads
   3. Rhythmic dictation
      1. Transcribe rhythms with patterns in augmentation and diminution.
      2. Detecting errors in rhythms with subdivisions of the beat value
      3. Transcription of rhythms in simple time involving triplet division of the beat value

Movement: 20-25%
Mandatory Course Components:
Movement based exercises. Additional practice outside of class is required. Most students require 2 hours of outside practice.
Equivalent Courses:
None