MUSC 2100: Commercial Ear Training
Effective date
September 2013
Description
Includes the study of intervals, rhythms, melodic, harmonic and rhythmic dictation, progressions, chord recognition and simple song transcription. Examples are drawn from the jazz and pop repertoire. Transcribing is emphasized, root movement is stressed and method is based on a numerical system. 1:0:2
Year of study
2nd Year Post-secondary
Prerequisites
Rhythm Studies 1108, Materials and Structures of Music 1203.
Corequisites
Jazz Theory 2115/2215, Class Jazz Piano 2163/2263 .
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Identify one's potential aural reception skills
- Identify tonal contexts both melodically and harmonically
- Maintain consistent time flow
- Identify and describe standard small-scale jazz and pop chord progressions
- Identify and describe scales and sonorities
- Ascertain structure (form) by hearing chord progression units and their interaction with melody and other musical parameters
- Identify and describe common blues and jazz/pop song progressions
- Identify and describe common song forms
- Support the development of aural acuity by singing patterns, bass lines and melodies and by performing rhythms and poly-rhythms
- Identify and describe common jazz and pop rhythms
Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition (PLAR)
None
Hours
Lecture, Online, Seminar, Tutorial: 1
Clinical, Lab, Rehearsal, Shop, Kitchen, Simulation, Studio: 2
Total Hours: 3
Instructional Strategies
lecture, individual and group singing, clapping, and aural identification, in-class and assigned practice
Grading System
Letter Grade (A-F)
Evaluation Plan
Type
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Percentage
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Assessment activity
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Participation
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20
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Attendance and participation
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Quizzes/Tests
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55
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6 quizzes
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Other
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25
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2 individual skills assessments
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Course topics
- Melodic intervals
- Harmonic intervals (diads)
- Triads (qualities)
- Arhythmic melodic sequences (pitch sets)
- Melodies with rhythm in major and pentatonic
- 7th sonorities (qualities) and altered chord sonorities (qualities)
- Major scale modes, harmonic minor, jazz minor and pentatonic
- Patterns in scales
- Chromaticisms within tonal contexts
- Simple diatonic, blues, jazz formulaic (e.g. I-VI-II-V), exemplary song form
- Bass lines associated with chord progressions
- Blues, song forms, latin music forms
- Simple quarter and eighth note, 16th note with syncopations, triplets, common time signatures
- Recognition of rhythmic feel
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.