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 Aural Skills I with a grade of C or better.
Corequisite
Music Majors must take
MUS 122 concurrently with this course.
Notes
Lower Division Transfer (LDT) Course
Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
Analyze and perform complex rhythmic structures across various meters and accurately dictate simple rhythms. Apply tonal concepts by accurately reading melodies in multiple clefs and keys and accurately transcribe diatonic harmonic dictation. Evaluate and identify all simple intervals, triads, and major and minor scales. Create original musical material by improvising over functional harmony (T, P, D) and formulating and executing the four primary cadence types.