MUSC 280 Ear Training III

School of the Arts

MUSC 280 Ear Training III. This course continues to develop an aural perception of intervals, pitches, seventh chords, chord progressions, melodies and rhythms. The focus of this semester is on minor and secondary dominant melodies and chord progressions and 9th chords. The rhythms explore sixteenth note syncopated rhythms as well as cut time, 3/8, 6/8 and 5/4 meters

Prerequisites: MUSC 181

Crosslisted: MUSC 274

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Course Details
Total number of weeks15
Total Credits
Total Hours30
Typical hours per week breakdown
Lab (lab, field, computer)2

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the learner will be able to:

  1. conduct and sing in 2/2, 5/4, 3/8, 6/8 time;
  2. sing and transcribe minor and secondary dominant melodies with intervallic skips;
  3. sing all diatonic intervals from the root of major and melodic minor derived modes;
  4. sing and transcribe syncopated 16th note rhythms with ties;
  5. sing and identify all 9th chords;
  6. transcribe and understand minor triad and seventh chord progressions and modal interchange progressions; and
  7. sing and identify all intervals within 1 octave.

Grading Table

Percentage Letter Grade GPA
97 - 100 A+ 4.33
94 - 96.9 A 4.00
90 - 93.9 A- 3.67
87 - 89.9 B+ 3.33
83 - 86.9 B 3.00
80 - 82.9 B- 2.67
77 - 79.9 C+ 2.33
73 - 76.9 C 2.00
70 - 72.9 C- 1.67
60 - 69.9 P 1.00
Less than 60% F 0.00
Did not withdraw DNW 0.00

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Disclaimer

Information contained in this course outline is correct at the time of publication. Content of the course is revised on an ongoing basis to ensure relevance to changing educational, employment and market needs. The instructor will endeavor to provide notice of changes to students as soon as possible. The instructor reserves the right to add or delete material from courses.