Apr 05, 2025  
2025-2026 College Catalog 
    
2025-2026 College Catalog

MUS 127 - Aural Perception I

2 Contact Hours, 1 Credits
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.



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

Outline:
  1. Rhythmic Dictation
    1. Simple rhythms with no subdivisions
    2. Rhythms containing subdivisions in various meter signatures
  2. Intervallic Recognition – Pitch Distances within the Octave
  3. Sight Singing
    1. Melodies containing step-wise intervals
    2. Melodies with jumps to chord tones