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MUSC 1301: Musicianship 1
Effective date
January 2020
Department
Music
School
Arts and Sciences
Description
Musicianship 1 is the first of a four-course sequence that introduces music students to practical musicianship. In level 1 students learn the fundamentals of reading rhythms and melodies, performing rhythms and sight-singing melodies, improvising basslines and other melodies based on cadential progression, song forms, phrase structure, cadences, major, minor and pentatonic scales and diatonic modes. Kodaly Solfege (relative-pitch, moveable-Do) and South Indian Solkattu (rhythm syllables) are the primary technical foundations.
Credits
3.0
Year of study
1st Year Post-secondary
Prerequisites
Acceptance into the VCC Music Diploma program or permission of instructor.
Corequisites
It is highly recommended (but not required) that students also take MUSC 1303 Theory and Practice of Music 1 concurrently.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Sing pentatonic and diatonic melodies (including modes)
- Perform simple and compound-metre rhythms
- Sing while playing ostinatos
- Perform basic conducting patterns
- Sight sing using Kodaly Solfege (including chromatic syllables)
- Perform rhythms using South Indian Solkattu
- Sing arpeggios, basslines and other melodies based on cadential progressions
- Sing exercises in solo, duo, trio and quartet contexts
- Take melodic and rhythmic dictations
- Identify and sing intervals, modes, scales, and triads
- Identify simple cadential progressions
- Sing improvised melodies in modes and over cadential progressions
Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition (PLAR)
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
2. A successful interview with the Music Department Leader and one other regularized music faculty member
Hours
Lecture, Online, Seminar, Tutorial: 30
Clinical, Lab, Rehearsal, Shop, Kitchen, Simulation, Studio: 30
Total Hours: 60
Clinical, Lab, Rehearsal, Shop, Kitchen, Simulation, Studio: 30
Total Hours: 60
Instructional Strategies
Lecture-demonstrations, quizzes, assignments in performance and improvisation; group work in class involving performance.
Grading System
Letter Grade (A-F)
Passing grade
C-
Evaluation Plan
|
Type |
Percentage |
Assessment activity |
|
Assignments |
45 |
In-class assignments |
|
Midterm Exam |
10 |
Written midterm exam |
|
Final Exam |
10 |
Individual final exam |
|
Final Exam |
15 |
Individual final exam |
|
Final Exam |
20 |
Written final exam |
Course topics
- Solfege with hand signs
- Melody singing in pentatonic and diatonic modes
- Singing in polyphonic contexts
- Basic conducting patterns
- South Indian rhythmic solfege (Solkattu)
- Melodic and rhythmic dictations
- Interval, triad and diatonic mode recognition
- Ostinatos
- Cadential chord progressions in major
- Sight-singing
- Improvisation with diatonic modes
Notes:
- Course contents and descriptions, offerings and schedules are subject to change without notice.
- Students are required to follow all College policies including ones that govern their educational experience at VCC. Policies are available on the VCC website at:
https://www.vcc.ca/about/governance--policies/policies/. - To find out if there are existing transfer agreements for this course, visit the BC Transfer Guide at https://www.bctransferguide.ca.