MUSC 1401: Musicianship 2
Effective date
January 2020
Description
Musicianship 2 is the second of a four-course sequence that introduces music students to musicianship. In level 2 students expand upon skills learned in Level 1, with a particular emphasis on diatonic harmonic materials, including seventh-chords.
Year of study
1st Year Post-secondary
Prerequisites
MUSC 1301 or equivalent.
Corequisites
It is highly recommended (but not required) that students also take MUSC 1403 Theory and Practice of Music 2 concurrently.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Sing using solfege, with hand signs
- Sing while playing ostinatos
- Sing arpeggios, basslines and improvised melodies based on harmonic progressions
- Sing exercises in solo, duo, trio and quartet contexts
- Take melodic and rhythmic dictations
- Identify and sing 7th-chords
- Sing and identify simple chromatic harmonies such as applied chords
- Identify small forms and musical structures
- Aurally identify diatonic mode
- Play rhythms using the south Indian Solkattu system
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
Hours
Lecture, Online, Seminar, Tutorial: 30
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)
Evaluation Plan
Type
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Percentage
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Assessment activity
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Assignments
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45
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Midterm Exam
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10
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Individual midterm exam
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Midterm Exam
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10
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Written midterm exam
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Final Exam
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15
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Individual final exam
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Final Exam
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20
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Written final exam
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Course topics
- Solfege with hand signs
- Melody singing
- Sight-singing
- Singing in polyphonic contexts
- Ostinatos
- South Indian rhythmic solfege (Solkattu)
- Melodic and rhythmic dictations
- Mode recognition including Spanish phrygian and super-locrian
- Chord (sonority) recognition including diatonic 7th chords
- Chord progressions in major
- Small form recognition
- Theoretical structure recognition
- Improvisation in a diatonic context
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.