Syllabus,  MUS 204 (1 credit)

 Spring 2007

                                                Dr. John Cheek, ext. 7152, office #102

 

Sight-Singing/Aural Techniques continues your development of aural skills. Topics include dictation, solfege, sight-singing and prepared singing assignments.

 

Course Goals: Students continue the goals of MUS 202. The emphasis will shift somewhat towards actual sight-singing rather than prepared assignments. In MUS 202, dictations were restricted mostly to linear and tonic-triad examples. In MUS 204, the harmonic vocabulary will expand to include other key areas and textures.

 

Text:

Damschroder, David: Listen and Sing, Schirmer Books, 1995

Auralia Music Software, 2001

 

Methods of Instruction: Class meets twice per week either in class or the computer lab. Each class is a combination of lecture, dictation and singing based on assignments and new material presented in class. Students will be expected to log two hours lab time per week using the assigned software.  

 

Evaluation: There will be four singing and/or dictation exams, worth 20% with the required lab time making up the remainder.

Exam 1                        1-27-04

Exam 2                        2-17-04

Exam 3                        3-16-04

Exam 4                        4-15-04

Final                            TBD

 

Library usage: none.

 

Attendance policy: It is expected that students will attend every class. 24 hours notice or a doctor’s note is required for an excused absence. More than two unexcused absences may lower the student’s grade as much as one letter.

 

Additional materials: writing paper, music staff paper, and sharp pencils with erasers.