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MUSIC 297

Sight Singing 3

Music College of Fine Arts and Communications

Course Description

Continued development of aural skills through sight-singing, rhythm reading, and improvisation; emphasis on modal and chromatic melodies and advanced rhythms.

When Taught

Fall

Grade Rule

Grade Rule 8: A, B, C, D, E, I (Standard grade rule)

Min

0.5

Fixed

0.5

Fixed

0

Fixed

1

Title

Sight singing

Learning Outcome

Students will demonstrate the ability to sight-read chromatic melodies.

Title

Rhythm reading

Learning Outcome

Students will demonstrate the ability to accurately perform rhythms involving small subdvisions and cross-rhythms while conducting.

Title

Improvisation

Learning Outcome

Students will demonstrate the ability to improvise rhythmic canons and idiomatic melodic patterns over given chord changes.