MUS 226 - Aural Skills IV

Class Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 2 Clinic/WkExp Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 1

Prerequisite: MUS 225
Corequisite: None
Local Prerequisite: None
Local Corequisite: None

This course provides advanced aural skills training in diatonicism and chromaticism. Emphasis is placed on the development of sight singing and ear training skills in chromatic melodies, chromatic harmonies, and complex rhythmic patterns. Upon completion, students should be able to utilize any solmization system while sight singing melodies containing significant chromaticism; fluently read music in multiple clefs, including treble, bass, alto, and tenor; perform and dictate rhythmic patterns in irregular and changing meters; and dictate diatonic and chromatic melodies and harmonic progressions. This course has been approved for transfer under the CAA as a premajor and/or elective course requirement.