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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
MUSC 3A | Title:
MUSICIANSHIP 1 |
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| Full Title:
Musicianship 1 |
| Last Reviewed:4/22/2024 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | 2.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 2.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 35.00 |
| Minimum | 2.00 | Lab Scheduled | 0 | 8 min. | Lab Scheduled | 0 |
| | Contact DHR | 1.00 | | Contact DHR | 17.50 |
| | Contact Total | 3.00 | | Contact Total | 52.50 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 70.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 122.50 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade Only
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
MUS 3A
Catalog Description:
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Application and development of the materials of Music Theory 1 through sight singing, ear training, and dictation. Topics include rhythm, major and minor scales, intervals, triads, and diatonic melodies.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Concurrent enrollment in MUSC 2A
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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Application and development of the materials of Music Theory 1 through sight singing, ear training, and dictation. Topics include rhythm, major and minor scales, intervals, triads, and diatonic melodies.
(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Concurrent enrollment in MUSC 2A
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
| Associate Degree: | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1981 | Inactive: | |
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| UC Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1981 | Inactive: | |
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| C-ID: |
| CID Descriptor: MUS 125 | Musicianship I | SRJC Equivalent Course(s): MUSC3A |
Certificate/Major Applicable:
Major Applicable Course
COURSE CONTENT
Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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1. Demonstrate the ability to hear music with understanding, recognizing patterns and musical function.
2. Demonstrate the ability to "audiate" a musical score by sight singing.
Objectives:
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At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
1. Take dictation of melodies featuring leaps within the primary triads.
2. Take dictation of rhythms with divided beats in a variety of meter signatures and tempos.
3. Aurally identify all intervals up to the octave (ascending, descending, and harmonic).
4. Aurally identify qualities, inversions, and soprano notes of triads.
5. Aurally identify dominant 7th chords.
6. Demonstrate the ability to "audiate" a musical score by
a. performing rhythms with divided beats in a variety of meter signatures and tempos.
b. sight singing melodies featuring leaps within the primary triads.
Topics and Scope
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Lecture Topics:
I. Rhythm and Meter
A. Numeric and syllabic rhythm systems
B. Beat patterns in simple and compound meters
C. Conducting patterns for various meters
II. Sight Singing
A. The movable-do solfeggio system
B. The major and minor scales
C. Intervals
D. Triad arpeggios
E. Major key melodies
1. Undivided beats and 2:1 beat division in simple meter
2. Stepwise
3. Thirds and fourths
4. Patterns from the tonic triad
5. Fifths, sixths, and octaves
F. Canons, rounds, chorales, and other ensemble pieces
III. Ear Training and Dictation
A. Rhythmic dictation
1. Preliminary exercises in simple meter
2. Beat division (2:1) in simple meter
B. Scale dictation
1. Major
2. Natural minor
3. Harmonic minor
4. Melodic minor
C. Intervals: ascending, descending, and harmonic
D. Triads
1. Major
2. Minor
3. Diminished
4. Augmented
E. Melodic Dictation: major key melodies
1. Undivided beats and 2:1 beat division in simple meter
2. Stepwise
3. Thirds and fourths
4. Patterns from the tonic triad
5. Fifths, sixths, and octaves
Laboratory Topic:
Guided practice of the concepts introduced above.
Assignments:
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1. Daily sight singing exercises and drills
2. Weekly practice of dictation skills
3. Individual sight singing exams (2 - 4)
4. Dictation exams (2 - 4)
5. Comprehensive final exam including individual sight singing and dictation
6. Regular practice of exercises and drills introduced in class
7. Rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic dictation exercises (2 - 4 pages per week)
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
| Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| This is a degree applicable course but assessment tools based on writing are not included because problem solving assessments and skill demonstrations are more appropriate for this course. |
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| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
10 - 25% |
| Rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic dictation | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
10 - 15% |
| In-class sight singing and dictation drills | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
45 - 60% |
| Dictation exams, individual sight singing exams, final exam | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
10 - 15% |
| Attendance and class participation, lab hours | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Music for Ear Training (with access card). 4th ed. Horvit, Michael and Koozin, Timothy and Nelson, Robert. Schirmer/Cengage. 2019
Music for Sight Singing. 6th ed. Benjamin, Thomas and Horvit, Michael and Nelson, Robert. Schirmer/Cengage. 2013 (classic)
Music for Sight Singing. 10th ed. Rogers, Nancy and Ottman, Robert. Pearson. 2018
Instructor prepared materials.
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