![]() Attendance will be taken every day and it is assumed that all students will participate in all class activities to the best of their ability at all times with an attitude that is receptive to learning. Attending class promptly and regularly is essential to developing solid comprehension and mastery of the skills required in this course.Policies for Exams, Assignments, Attendance, and GradingĪttendance and Participation Requirements: ![]() All other course materials will be provided.Studying Rhythm by Anne Hall and Timothy Urban.Required and Recommended Course Materials: Melodies will be primarily conjunct but may also include leaps between notes of the tonic triad. Students will be able to notate in treble and bass clef 8-12 mm tonal melodies in all major keys with not more than one hearing per 1.5 measures.Students will be able to notate rhythm recitations that are 8-12 mm in 6/8 and that contain rests, ties, dotted notes and up to 2nd level beat subdivisions with no more than one hearing per 1.5 measures.Students will be able to notate with only one hearing most compound meter, single-element rhythm with up to 2nd level subdivision of the beat.Students will be able to notate rhythm recitations that are 8-16 mm in all simple meters, containing rests, ties, dotted notes and up to 1st level beat subdivisions with no more than one hearing per 1.5 measures.Melodies will be primarily conjunct but may include leaps between notes of the tonic triad.ĭictation: Students will be able to notate with only one hearing all simple meter, single-element rhythm cells both with and without ties and all simple meter mixed element rhythm cells without ties. Students will be able to sing prepared melodies at the indicated tempi and sight read melodies using movable-Do solfege in treble and bass clef in all simple meters and 6/8 with ties, dotted notes/rests and with up to 1st level subdivision of the beat in all simple meters and with up to 2nd level subdivision of the beat in 6/8. ![]() When given a key signature (major or minor), students will be able to hear a short melodic fragment no more than twice and immediately identify the tonality and tonic and correctly notate the fragment (treble and bass clef) and/or echo it back with correct solfege.Singing: Students will be able to sing tonal patterns from memory using movable-Do solfege at the prescribed tempi. Students will be able to recite prepared rhythm exercises at the indicated tempi and sight read rhythm exercises using counting syllables in all simple meters and 6/8 with ties, dotted notes/rests and with up to 1st level subdivision of the beat in all simple meters and with up to 2nd level subdivision of the beat in 6/8. ![]() Rhythm: Students will be able to immediately recognize and be able to notate and echo back with correct counting syllables all single-beat rhythm patterns with up to 1st level beat subdivisions in all simple meters and up to 2nd level beat subdivisions in 6/8. This course covers three main areas: rhythm reading and conducting, tonal melody singing, and dictation.Ĭonducting: Students will be able to conduct in all simple meters and in 6/8 (without beat subdivision) while performing prepared rhythm and singing exercise and while sight reading rhythm and singing exercises. The course covers fundamentals of written music theory and ear-training skills including note reading, key signatures, major and minor scales, intervals, solfege, and melodic and rhythmic dictation.3 creditsĬourse Prerequisites and Corequisites: None Intended for first-year Mason Gross music majors who did not place into Music Theory I and/or Aural Skills I.
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