MUSC 1071 - Ear Training I

Credits: 2
Hours/Week: Lecture None Lab None
Course Description: This course is designed to help the music student strengthen their musical abilities through focused listening and sight singing. It is intended for all students who desire a deeper understanding of music. Topics include ear training and sight singing on basic melodies in major and minor keys, and learning to recognize, write and sing basic melodic and rhythmic examples and harmonic progressions. This course applies many of the concepts learned concurrently in MUSC 1061 - Music Theory I. This course requires students to be concurrently enrolled in MUSC 1061.
MnTC Goals
None

Prerequisite(s): None
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content

Chord arpeggiations: major keys
Chord arpeggiations: minor keys
Chord progressions: major keys
Chord progressions: minor keys
Intervals: melodic ascending
Tonal melodies: major keys
Tonal melodies: minor keys

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:

Recognize basic chord progressions “by ear”
Sing basic chord progressions
Sing basic melodies in major and minor keys at sight
Write down basic rhythmic examples “by ear”
Write down basic melodies in major and minor keys “by ear”
Tap out basic rhythmic examples at sight
Write out basic chord progressions “by ear”

Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC): Goals and Competencies
Competency Goals (MnTC Goals 1-6)
None
Theme Goals (MnTC Goals 7-10)
None

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MUSC 1071 - Ear Training I