MUSC& 121 - Ear Training 1

2 credits

Corequisites
Concurrent enrollment in MUSC& 131.

Beginning ear training within major and minor scales as well as sight singing within the octave, the basic major and minor intervals to a fifth, whole and half steps, triad qualities, primary chords in harmonic progressions, and rhythmic dictation of quarters, eighths and half notes and quarter rests.

AA Specified Elective
Satisfies humanities distribution area C requirement or specified elective for the AA degree.

Course Outcomes
The goals of this course are to improve students’ performance in the following areas:

Comprehend elementary note reading, rhythm reading, keyboard identification, interval identification, chord building, scale building, cadence identification, and conventional part-writing procedures for tonic, dominant and subdominant triads
Analyze and synthesize the above-mentioned elements of music
Think critically about the elements of music
Work with other classmates to solve harmonizing and voicing problems
Think critically about analytical issues in music and about one’s own responses
Develop essays from critical and analytical responses to the text and to class discussions as well as outside research
Analyze and synthesize ideas from listening to live performances. Develop critical and analytical responses to those performances