MUS 114 Aural Skills II
A course for students to develop some of the most important skills a musician should have. The skills in this course will build on the skills learned in MUS 113: Aural Skills I. Students will concentrate on their abilities to hear relationships in music, notate music correctly, and to audiate written notation including dictation exercises and sight-singing. This course is intended for both music and non-music majors. Music majors should take this course with MUS 122.
Prerequisite
MUS 113 with a grade of C or better.
Corequisite
Music Majors must take
MUS 122 concurrently with this course.
Offered
Winter term
Notes
Lower Division Transfer (LDT) Course
Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
Sing one part of a duet while maintaining tonal and rhythmic accuracy. Vocalize the rhythm of a given exercise while conducting the tempo in simple and compound meter patterns. Contrast played examples with written examples. Identify and correct incorrect notes or rhythm. Notate a melody from an aural example that includes both stepwise and non-stepwise motion. Improve sight-reading skills and rhythmic study. Identify and notate chord progressions using combinations of chords built on each scale degree.