MUT 2246 - Aural Theory III

College of Fine Arts and Humanities

Credit(s): 1
Contact Hours: 32
Effective Term Fall 2006 (370)

Requisites

(Prerequisite MUT 1242 or
Permission of the Program) and
Pre- or Co-requisite MUT 2116

Course Description

This course is designed as a continuation of Aural Theory II, with emphasis on harmonic expansion including modulations, chromatic approaches to dominant, and form. The student will also learn to perform and aurally identify chromatic music and asymmetrical meters.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

  1. The student will demonstrate an understanding of chromatic music by:
    1. identifying musical passages which tonicize scale degrees other than V.
    2. singing melodies that include chromatic embellishing tones.
    3. notating borrowed chords from harmonic dictation.
    4. identifying extensions to major and minor triads by listening.
    5. performing extended chords.
    6. identifying Neapolitan sixth chords used in excerpts from chromatic music literature.
    7. identifying augmented sixth chords used in excerpts from chromatic music literature.
    8. identifying common-tone embellishing chords aurally.
  2. The student will demonstrate an understanding of tonal modulation by:
    1. analyzing tonicization of scale degrees other than V.
    2. detecting pivot chords within a harmonic framework.
    3. performing melodic modulatory periods.
    4. notating excerpts of music literature containing key changes.
  3. The student will demonstrate an understanding of formal analysis by:
    1. distinguishing between popular and art song.
    2. listing ways music in songs conveys the meaning of the text.
    3. identifying common rhythmic motives by listening.
    4. writing Roman numbers at important structural harmonic changes.
    5. writing a ground bass using sight-singing systems and notation.
    6. determining the number of sections in a rondo by listening.
    7. relating cadences to the overall structure of a composition.
    8. comparing motives in a sonata-form exposition.
    9. identifying the tonal center in a sonata-form development aurally.
    10. describing music of retransition in a sonata.
  4. The student will demonstrate an understanding of asymmetrical meters by:
    1. performing melodies in odd time signatures.
    2. grouping two-quarter-note patterns with three-quarter-note patterns.
    3. conducting in time signatures with 5 or 7 beats per measure.
    4. identifying music in 5/4 time by listening to recorded excerpts.

Criteria Performance Standard

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will, with a minimum of 70% accuracy, demonstrate mastery of each of the above stated objectives through classroom measures developed by individual course instructors.

History of Changes

Eff 20061(0370). Flexible Access July 2006. 3-Year Review 2009—Acceptable As Is
C&I Approval: 04/25/2006, BOT Approval: 06/20/2006, Effective Term: Fall 2006 (370)

Related Programs

  1. Music (MUSIC-TR) (670) (Active)
  2. Music Education (MUSICED-TR) (670) (Active)