MUS 226 - Sight-reading and Ear Training (Third Term)

2 Credit(s)

Course encapsulates the students’ understanding of both tonal and chromatic harmony, and focuses on the concept of remote modulation. Introduces strategies for singing and hearing atonal and modal music. Designed to be taken with MUS 213 and MUS 216 concurrently.

Prerequisite: MUS 225  
Corequisite: MUS 213  and MUS 216  

Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:

1. Demonstrate singing skills with accuracy for complex rhythmic and chromatic melodic material at an advanced level (CLO 1.3, 1.5, 5.3)

2. Demonstrate singing skills with accuracy for complex rhythmic and melodic duets at an advanced level (CLO 3.2)

3. Notate complex rhythms, melodies, and chromatic harmonic progressions with accuracy at an advanced level (CLO 1.3, 3.5, 5.2)

4. Conduct basic patterns to facilitate learning complex rhythms and melodies in course (CLO 4.2)

5. Identify and sing intervals and chromatic chords with accuracy at an advanced level (CLO 1.1)

6. Identify and dictate chromatic diatonic progressions with accuracy at an advanced level (CLO 5.2, 5.3)

7. Demonstrate dictation and singing skills with accuracy for atonal melodies (CLO 3.1, 5.2)

8. Synthesize accumulative knowledge from previous terms in analysis and application of course content (CLO 1.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.4, 5.2)