MUS 235 - Aural Skills III

Prerequisite, pass MUS 136 with a “C” or better, or pass aural skills placement examination. Prerequisite for B.M. composition major, pass MUS 136 with “B” or better, or pass aural skills placement examination. Exercises in sight singing and prepared singing of chromatic melodies including highly disjunct melodies and modulating melodies in both major and minor modes. Exercises in sight singing a countermelody. Continued rhythmic exercises using all metrical types and including sight reading counterrhythms. Melodic dictation using chromatic melodies in major and minor modes including modulating melodies. Chromatic harmonic progression dictation including modulating progressions and notation of soprano and bass lines. (Offered fall semester.) 1 credit