MUSC 122E: Ear Training and Sightsinging II

Office: Blair 206, Phone 615.322.7680
E-mail:emelyne.m.bingham@vanderbilt.edu

• A New Approach to Sightsinging [Fourth Edition]. Berkowitz, Fontrier, Kraft. W.W. Norton & Co., pub.
• Ear Training, A Technique for Listening [Fifth Edition]. Benward/Kolosick. Wm. C. Brown, pub.
• Reading Rhythm [Second Edition]. Daniel Kazez. W.W. Norton & Co., pub.
• Classpak: Bingham; Mus 121E, 122E.
• 178 Chorale Harmonizations of J.S. Bach: Donald Martino, Ed. Dantalian, Inc. Pub.

CONTENT

• Scales: all major and minor [3 forms] in solfege as well as dorian, phrygian, lydian, mixolydian modes.
• Intervals: all major and minor, P4, P5, P8 & TT.
• Chords: major, minor, diminished, common progressions including I,ii,IV,V,vi with inversions in major and minor keys.
• Melodic Dictation: diatonic [major and minor] with simple and compound meters.
• Rhythm: simple and compound meters, syncopation, changing meters with conducting patterns.
• Melodies: diatonic with some chromatic alterations, as well as duets and keyboard accompaniment studies.

Grades will be determined by hearings and daily grades [20%], C.A.T. (computer lab) composite grade [40%], and a final exam [40%] consisting of sightsinging, written melodic and harmonic dictation.
Plan to spend four hours weekly in preparation for class assignments, one of which should be devoted to the Ear-Training Lab. Your progress will be monitored and evaluated by computers which will keep records of assignments completed. Failure to reach assigned levels will result in failure of the course. No partial credit will be given for the composite grade. Deadline for completions of the C.A.T. component is Tuesday, April 27, 4:00 p.m. No extensions will be given.

This class functions as a laboratory class. Attendance is mandatory, and no make-up quizzes will be given. After one absence, each unexcused absence will result in lowering the final grade by one point. Absences will be considered excused with written documentation by a physician or the associate dean. If an excused absence occurs on a "daily grade" day, a make-up will not be given, but rather the final exam grade will be substituted for it. Unexcused absences on a "daily grade" day will result in the grade of zero for that task in addition to the final grade reduction.

Each student is expected to uphold the Honor Code : homework assignments, computer work, taking examinations, and substantiating absences.

MUSC 122E: Sight Singing and Eartraining II

Assignment Schedule; Spring 1999

Weekly Berkowitz Assignments

1. BK: [M] 142-150 [S&P] (Beginning p. 156) 33 / KZ: R,E,ST pp. 67-71
2. BK: [M] 151-158 [S&P] 36/ KZ: R,E,ST pp. 71-73
3. BK: [M] 159-160, 162-169 [S&P] 37/ KZ: R,E,ST pp. 73-79
4. BK: [M] 170-175, 177-179 [S&P] 38/ KZ: R,E,ST pp. 80-83
5. BK: [M] 180-183, 185-190 [S&P] 39/ KZ: R,E,ST pp. 83-85
6. BK: [M] 191-197[S&P] 40 / KZ: R,E,ST pp. 86-90
7. BK [M] 198-204 [S&P] 41 / KZ: R,E,ST pp. 91-94
8. BK [M] 205-209 [S&P] 42 / KZ: R,E,ST pp. 94-96
9. BK [M] 210-212, 214 [S&P] 43a / KZ: R,E,ST pp. 97-100
10. BK [M] 215-216, 218-220 [S&P] 43b / KZ: R,E,ST pp. 101-103
11. BK [M] 221-224, 226-227 [S&P] 50 /KZ: R,E,ST pp. 103-105
12. BK [M] 228-233 [S&P] 52a/KZ: R,E,ST pp. 105-108
13. Exam Review

• BK=Berkowitz
• BW=Benward
• KZ=Kazez
• CP=Classpak
• BC=Bach Chorales
• M=melodies
• E=practice examples
• ST=self tests and worksheets
• R=read
• SP=sing & play

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