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MUSIC 298

Sight Singing 4

Music College of Fine Arts and Communications

Course Description

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

When Taught

Winter

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 modal, modulating, and post-tonal melodies.

Title

Rhythm reading

Learning Outcome

Students will demonstrate the ability to accurately perform complex rhythms in asymmetrical and changing meters.

Title

Improvisation

Learning Outcome

Students will demonstrate the ability to improvise idiomatic melodic and rhythmic patterns in response to a given call.