MUS 127 - Aural Perception I

1 Credits, 2 Contact Hours
0 lecture periods 2 lab periods
Development of aural skills. Includes rhythmic dictation, intervallic recognition, sight singing, and clapping and counting of rhythms.

Corequisite(s): MUS 125  
Gen-Ed: Meets AGEC - FA; Meets - CTE - A&H.

1. Aurally distinguish intervals in dictation.
2. Distinguish rhythmic patterns in dictation.
3. Aurally identify major and three (3) forms of minor scales.

1. Simple rhythms with no subdivisions
2. Rhythms containing subdivisions in various meter signatures

II.     Intervallic Recognition – Pitch Distances within the Octave

III.    Sight Singing

A.    Melodies containing step-wise intervals

B.    Melodies with jumps to chord tones