Musicianship 4 is the last of a four-course sequence that introduces music students to musicianship. In level 4 students expand upon skills learned in Level 3, with a particular emphasis on more chromatic harmonic materials, including listening, sight-singing, rhythm, inner ear hearing, intonation, part-singing, dictation, music theory, analysis, ostinato work and mixed meter conducting. Intervals from the harmonic and melodic minor, chord progression dictations with inversions and augmented 6th chords are introduced. More idiomatic jazz chord progressions are introduced, as well as more improvisational and other jazz stylistic strategies. Other topics introduced in this course are the application of solfege to chromatic music, intervals outside a given tonality, octatonic scales and 12-tone rows.
Prerequisites
MUSC 2301.
Course type
This course is offered as part of a VCC program and cannot be taken individually.
International students: Eligibility is determined at the program level. Visit the program page for international student requirements and application information.
- Melodic Dictation, 2-part Dictation and chord dictation
- Solfege analysis in chromatic contexts
- Pitch location
- Beat patterns
- Harmonic and Melodic Interval Recognition including compound intervals
- Singing in harmonic and melodic minor
- Singing and identifying the 7th chords of the harmonic and melodic minor Diatonic Cycle of 5ths
- Major and minor triads and diatonic 7th chords
- V9, Vb9, V13, Vb13 chords,diminished 7ths, mixture, and the Neapolitan 6.
- Chord progressions in a minor and major using inversions
- 12-tone rows and their permutations
- Switching solfege: modulation, tonicization, and use of solfege cells
- Sight-singing strategies
- Ensemble singing
- Improvising melodies in various contexts
1. Practical and/or written examinations that demonstrate ability at or above the final exam and learning outcomes of this course.
2. A successful interview with the Music Department Leader and one other regularized music faculty member
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Course schedules
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How to take this course
This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.
Contact us
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† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.