MUS 115 Sight-reading and Ear Training (Second Term)

Solidifies the singing and listening skills that focuses on tonic and dominant chords. Introduces harmony and melodies using pre-dominant chords, and practices rhythmic patterns involving further subdivisions. Exercises with topics such as intervals, chord identifications, cadences, borrowed rhythms, and minor tonalities are introduced. Designed to be taken with MUS 112 and MUS 128 concurrently.

Credits

2

Prerequisite

MUS 114 

Corequisite

MUS 112 and MUS 128 

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Demonstrate singing skills with accuracy for notes, scales, rhythms, and melodies at an intermediate level
2. Demonstrate singing skills with accuracy for simple rhythmic and melodic duets at an intermediate level
3. Notate rhythms, melodies, and simple harmonic progressions with accuracy at an intermediate level
4. Conduct patterns to facilitate learning foundational rhythms and melodies at an intermediate level
5. Identify, sing, and dictate intervals and chords at an intermediate level
6. Identify and dictate simple diatonic progressions with accuracy at an intermediate level