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MUSIC 198

Sight Singing 2

Music College of Fine Arts and Communications

Course Description

Continued development of aural skills through sight singing, rhythm reading, and improvisation; emphasis on arpeggiated melodies and more advanced 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 diatonic melodies that arpeggiate triads and sevenths in any major or minor key.

Title

Rhythm reading

Learning Outcome

Students will demonstrate the ability to accurately perform rhythms involving sextuple division, syncopation, and less common beat values while conducting.

Title

Improvisation

Learning Outcome

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