MUSIC 112 - Musicianship 1

Number of Credits: 1
Musicianship 1 is a course in the skills of reading and hearing music. Skills developed will include a mastery of pitch and rhythm through sight singing, dictation, and body movement. It is recommended that students planning to transfer to a music program at a four year college/university, concurrently enroll in MUSIC 110 and MUSIC 114. Advanced Placement Exam (Music Aural) accepted. (Fall & Spring Only) Three hours laboratory each week. One Credit. One billable hour.

Pre-requisite(s): MUSIC 105.
Course Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Perform rhythms from a whole note to an eighth note and their rest equivalents (GE3, PG1, PG4)
Sing melodies based on step wise motion (GE5, PG1, PG4)
Sing arpeggios of the tonic, dominant and subdominant chords (GE5, PG1, PG4)
Perform exercises that include dotted rhythms (GE3, PG1, PG4)
Sing in the treble, bass and alto clefs (GE5, PG1, PG4)
Sing in the major and minor modes (GE5, PG1, PG4)
Perform in basic compound time (GE3, PG1, PG4)
Take dictations of simple melodies and harmonies (GE1, GE2, PG1, PG4)