OHIO UNIVERSITY - MUS 105 - Dictation and Sight Singing - Winter 2003
Course Schedule and Syllabus
Call Number: 04367 Section: A02
Time & Location: 10:10-11:00, a. m. T - Th, Room 540
Instructor: C. Scott Smith
office: School of Music building, 361
office phone: 593-1632
office hours: By appointment.
E-Mail: ssmith4@ohio.edu
Prerequisite:
The prerequisite for this course is MUS 104 with a grade of C or better or the
equivalent.
Brief Description of Course:
Music 105, Dictation and Sight Singing, is the second in a series of three courses
designed to acquaint the freshman music major with the aural perception of
underlying grammar and syntax of musical structure. Particular emphasis this
quarter will be placed on the principles of tonal melodic structures, harmonic
progression, and voice leading.
Required Materials:
-Berkowitz, Fontrier, Kraft, A New Approach to Sight Singing, 4th ed., (New York:
W. W. Norton,1997). ISBN # 0-393-96908-8
-Anne Carothers Hall, Studying Rhythm, 2nd Ed. (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-
Hall, 1998). ISBN # 0-13-614520-5
-Blombach, Ann K. MacGamut 2000
-a music notebook, either 5" X 7" or 8 1/2" X 11".
Note: these texts will be used throughout the year.
Expected Competencies:
By the end of the quarter, the student will be expected to be able to:
-know thoroughly the rudiments of notational and aural skills first covered in MUS
104;
-know the organizing principles of the melodic phrase and its division into smaller
structural units;
-identify aurally all intervals, triad qualities and their inversions, and tonal diatonic
melodic lines of a phrase or more in length;
-identify aurally short harmonic progressions involving principal triads and the V7;
-identify aurally brief 2-voice diatonic examples;
-sing at sight melodic examples involving:1. greater rhythmic difficulties than
previously studied and 2. occasional embellishing chromaticism.
Grading:
The grades for each skill will be weighted as follows:
2 Sight Singing quizzes: 10% 2 Dictation Quizzes: 10%
Sight Singing Mid Term: 15% Dictation Mid Term: 15%
Sight Singing Final Exam: 20% Dictation Final: 20%
MacGamut Drills: 10%
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Attendance Policy:
Class attendance: you have a maximum of three unexcused absences. Each absence
in addition to the maximum will lower your final grade by a portion of a letter (A to
A-, B to B-, etc.).
Plagiarism:
Anyone caught duplicating another's work on an exam or assignment will
automatically fail the course.
Special Note: You will need at least a C in MUS 105 to progress to MUS 106.
MUS 105 Course Schedule, 2002
WEEK 1: Dictation and sight singing review. Hall, Chapter 8 & 9.
Dictation: melodic, rhythmic dictation, triad recognition.
WEEK 2: Sight singing: Melodic ; 101, 102, 106, 108, 110, 112; Sing & Play ; 20,
Hall: Chapter 9. Dictation: melodic, rhythmic dictation, triad recognition.
DT. Quiz #1.
WEEK 3: Sight Singing: Melodic 115, 118, 120, 121, 122,; Sing &Play 17, 18;
Hall Chapter 10. Dictation: melodic, rhythmic, harmonic function. S.S. Quiz #1.
WEEK 4: Sight Singing: Melodic 129, 131, 132, 136, 139; Sing & Play 22B, 23A;
Hall: Chapter 10, continued. Dictation: review of previous skills,
Introduction to harmonic dictation.
WEEK 5: Sight Singing: Melodic: 145, 146, 148, 149, 150; Sing & Play ; 23b, 24.
Hall: Chapter 11. Dictation: More difficult melodic & rhythmic patterns,
harmonic dictation.
WEEK 6: S. S. & DT Mid Term Exams. (SS: Weeks 3, 4, 5)
MacGAMUT: Intervals: Level 4; Scales, Level 4; Chords, Level 2;
Melodic Dictation, Level 1; Harmonic Dictation, Level 1.
WEEK 7: Sight Singing: Melodic 151, 153, 155, 156, 158; Sing & Play ; 25, 26.
Hall: Chapter 12. Dictation: Error detection; further practice in above skills.
WEEK 8: Sight Singing: Melodic 159, 161, 162, 164, 166; Sing & Play 27a, 27b;
Hall: Chapter 13. Dictation: Two-voice and melodic dictation. S. S. Quiz #2.
WEEK 9: Sight Singing: Melodic 167, 169, 171, 173; Sing & Play 28, 29a;
Hall: Chapter 14. Dictation: Review of previous material. DT Quiz #2.
WEEK 10: Sight Singing: Melodic 174, 175, 177, 179, 182; Sing & Play ; 29b, Hall:
Chapter 15. S. S. Final Exam - MacGAMUT: Intervals, Level 6;
Chords Level: 3; Melodic Dictation Level: 3; Harmonic Dictation Level: 2.
DT FINAL EXAM: Thursday, March 20 @ 10:10 p. m.