MUSA 123 Ear Training and Musicianship I

Previously MUSC 110P. This is the first of a four-semester sequence of ear training and musicianship courses required of all music majors. Along with Music Theory I, students will develop skills in sight reading, sight singing, and taking dictations.

Credits

1

Corequisite

MUSA 122 and MUSA 126

Hours Weekly

2 hours lab and additional practice time

Course Objectives

1. Sight sing major/minor/chromatic intervals and scales.
2. Sight sing melodies in major and minor which include outline of tonic triads in all
   inversions, using syllables in the movable “Do” system.
   
3. Sight sing diminished and augmented triads and inversions.
4. Take accurate dictation of four bar melodies which include intervals from tonic triad in
   major keys.
5. Perform rhythm exercises at sight which include dotted rhythms in simple time as well as
   the subdivided beat in a simple and compound time.
6. Recognize aurally the following: major and minor scales, triads, triad factors in the outer
   voices of a four-part texture, and common cadential chord progressions.
   

Course Objectives

1. Sight sing major/minor/chromatic intervals and scales.
2. Sight sing melodies in major and minor which include outline of tonic triads in all
   inversions, using syllables in the movable “Do” system.
   
3. Sight sing diminished and augmented triads and inversions.
4. Take accurate dictation of four bar melodies which include intervals from tonic triad in
   major keys.
5. Perform rhythm exercises at sight which include dotted rhythms in simple time as well as
   the subdivided beat in a simple and compound time.
6. Recognize aurally the following: major and minor scales, triads, triad factors in the outer
   voices of a four-part texture, and common cadential chord progressions.