MUS 135 - Aural Skills I

Prerequisite, pass freshman diagnostic examination, or MUS 098. Exercises in singing major and minor scales and diatonic intervals. Exercises in sight signing and prepared singing of diatonic melodies in both major and minor mode. Sight and prepared rhythmic exercises in simple and compound meters. Interval recognition. Triad and seventh chord quality and inversion recognition. Melodic dictation using diatonic melodies in major and minor modes. Diatonic harmonic progression dictation including inversions. MUS 135 can be met by passing the appropriate section of the music theory placement exam. (Offered fall semester.) 1 credit