Kodaly Solfege (MUSC 2201)

• Melodic Dictation and Singing
• 2-part Dictation and Singing
• Intonation, pitch function, voice leading and Chromaticism
• Pitch location
• Beat patterns
• Chord dictations supporting a given melody
• Harmonic and Melodic Interval Recognition and Singing of the harmonic and melodic minor
• Singing in solfege, Identifying, and Hearing the following: The 7th chords of the harmonic and melodic minor
• Diatonic Cycle of 5th: major and minor, triads and diatonic 7th chords
• V9, Vb9, V13, Vb13 chords
• Non-diatonic chords resulting from secondary (applied) dominants, diminished
• 7ths, mixture, chromaticism, and the Neapolitan 6.
• Chord progressions in a minor and major key using inversions
• 12-tone rows and their permutations
• Random compound intervals
• Chord dictations given from the outer voices first using inversions
• Switching solfege: modulation, tonicization, and use of solfege cells
• Sight singing: how to think, when to think, and what to think
• Choosing solfege to reflect an analysis of a musical excerpt
• How to analyze a Bach Fugue in solfege
• Write what you play, have read, and sung
• Ensemble singing

This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.