MUS 106 - Introduction to Ear Training

2 Credits, 2 Contact Hours (2 lec.)

Ear training for individuals with little or no musical background. Includes identification of keys on a piano keyboard and notes on the musical staff, visual and aural recognition of intervals, dictation and performance of rhythmic patterns, and sight singing of melodies. Also includes major and minor key signatures and scales, singing of major and minor scales, intervals, aural identification of individual pitches, and listening to short melodic figures.

Recommendation: Students considering music as a major are encouraged to take MUS 102 and MUS 106 concurrently.