LEE UNIVERSITY Expanded Statement of Institutional Purpose: Lee University is a Christian institution which offers liberal arts and professional
education on both the baccalaureate and master's levels. It seeks to provide education that integrates biblical truth as revealed in the Holy Scriptures with truth discovered through the study of the arts and sciences
and in the practice of various professions. A personal commitment to Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior is the controlling perspective from which the educational enterprise is carried out. The foundational purpose of all
educational programs is to develop within the students knowledge, appreciation, understanding, ability and skills which will prepare them for responsible Christian living in the modern world.TEXTBOOKS:
1. Horacek, Leo and Letkoff, Gerald, Programed Ear Training. Volume II New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1980.
2. Kraft, Leo. A New Approach to Ear Training. New York, NY: W. W. Norton, 1967
3. Ottman, Robert. Music For Sightsinging. 4th ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1996.
4. Auralia Ear Training Computer Software
CATALOG DESCRIPTION: A course in advanced ear training and
sightsinging skills.Harmonic, melodic, and rhythmic dictation are included in the course with emphasis on modulation, chromaticism, and syncopation. Prerequisite: MUS 144.
PURPOSE: This course is designed to continue
to develop the reading, listening, and notational skills required to function effectively as performers, conductors and teachers of music.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES: This course seeks to:
1. To continue to develop the musical literacy of the student.
2. To emphasize the application of musical information in the areas of
performance, listening, writing and conducting.
SPECIFIC BEHAVIORAL OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to do the following:
1. Accurately sing prepared melodies assigned from Part III of the
sightsinging textbook.
2. Accurately sing unprepared melodies comparable in difficulty to
the first three chapters of the sightsinging textbook.
3. Accurately sing any simple interval (ascending or descending)
4. Accurately sing the chromatic, major, and minor (all forms) scales
on any given pitch.
5. Notate, from dictation, tonal melodies comparable in difficulty to
those found in Unit III of the textbook by Kraft.
6. Identify, with chord symbols, common harmonic progressions
containing diatonic and chromatic chords in root position and
inversions.
7. Notate the soprano, bass, and chord symbols for a dictated
musical period in four voices.
COURSE CALENDAR: This course will meet twice a week for fifty minutes per session. One of the sessions will be devoted to sightsinging and the other to ear training.
TOPICS TO BE COVERED
Ear Training:
1. Melodies beginning on mi or sol
2. Melodies beginning with an anacrusis
3. Two-phrase melodies
4. Time signature recognition
5. Major or minor key recognition
6. Diatonic chord recognition
7. Chromatic chord recognition
8. First and second inversion chord recognition
9. Modulation recognition
10. Harmonic cadence recognition
11. Application of solfeggio to musical dictation
12. Syncopation
Sightsinging.
1. Melodies involving chromaticism
2. Melodies modulating to nearly-related keys
3. Syncopation
4. Arpeggiated singing of harmonic progressions
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES
1. Demonstration and performance
2. Discussion
3. Individual assistance
4. Student performance (group and individual)
5. Listening activities (live, recorded, computerized)
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE STUDENT
1. Regular class attendance
2. Practice and preparation of assigned music - reading selections
3. Practice of dictation skills in the Music Resource Center Computer
Lab
4. Complete all texts and examinations
EVALUATION
GRADING SCALE
READING LISTS
