Course Description

The fourth semester of a four-semester/two-year sequence of course work designed for students who are pursuing music as an academic major. A continuation of MUS 203, this course deals with the building of advanced skills in reading music, melodic and harmonic dictation and aural competency through a variety of musical practices, principally the voice. Group 2 course.

Credit Hours

1

Contact Hours

2

Lecture Hours

1

Lab Hours

1

Required Prerequisites

MUS 201, MUS 203, MUS 206 or equivalent competency.

Corequisites

MUS 202, MUS 207

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge:

• Identify intervals through P8.
• Identify major, minor, augmented, and diminished triads.
• Identify chord progressions using diatonic and secondary chords.
• Identify major, 3 forms of minor scales, and modal scales.

Application:

• Sing m2-P8, scales, triads, and melodies using solfege.
• Clap and count, and sing and conduct simple and compound meter.

Integration:

• Transcribe rhythm dictation in simple meter and compound meter.
• Transcribe melodic dictation.
• Transcribe harmonic dictation.

Human Dimension:

• See themselves as artists.
• Collaborate with others in a creative environment.
• Recognize the personal and societal importance of self-expression and creativity.

Caring - Civic Learning:

• Express interest in music from other cultures and genres.
• Value differences in cultural expressions of creativity.
• Recognize the role music plays as an expression of social concerns.

Learning How to Learn:

• Read study effectively.
• Frame useful questions.
• Develop educational goals.
• Direct/regulate their own learning.
• Learn through collaboration.