MUS 215 Aural Skills VI
Provides a continuation of MUS 214, with the same goal of improving the ability to reproduce what is seen and write down what is heard, as well as listen with discrimination. Covers the same mix of melodic and harmonic dictation, error detection, sight singing (some of it modal), rhythm study and comparative listening. Places emphasis on harmonic background of melody. As part of sight singing, consists of sitting at the piano playing chords for oneself and/or others in the class to sing. Dictation will include melody with simple background chords. Music majors should also register for MUS 223 concurrently with this course.
Prerequisite
MUS 214 Aural Skills V with a grade of C or better.
Corequisite
Music Majors must take
MUS 223 concurrently with this course.
Notes
Lower Division Transfer (LDT) Course
Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
Perform complex rhythmic challenges, including various polyrhythms (e.g., 2:3 3:4, polyrhythms using 5), asymmetric meters (duple, triple, and quadruple), and metric modulation. Analyze and perform melodies and improvisations utilizing non-traditional scales and modes, including the whole-tone, octatonic, pentatonic family, ecclesiastic modes (major and minor derived), and synthetic scales. Evaluate and identify non-tonal structures using atonal nomenclature and sing and identify melodies organized around larger atonal sets and serialism. Dictate complex atonal and bitonal melodies and successfully perform one line of a bitonal duet. Evaluate and transcribe complex musical passages by sight-reading melodies in the tenor clef, identifying atonal intervals, and completing various forms of rhythmic and harmonic dictation.