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MUSI 1061: Preparatory Music (Summer)
Effective date
June 2022
Department
CS Music
School
Continuing Studies
Description
Preparatory Music (Summer) is an online course that improves skills in music theory and practical musicianship. Through written, aural, and vocal exercises, students develop fluency in reading and performing major, minor, pentatonic, and diatonic scales, rhythms, and melodies. Kodaly Solfege (relative-pitch, moveable-Do) and South Indian Solkattu (rhythm syllables) are the primary technical foundations. Preparatory Music (Summer) is for students who require review and practice of theory and musicianship skills for successful entry to the Music Diploma program. It is also available as a refresher course for domestic and international students with some musical background. This course is not suitable for beginners and permission of the department is required for enrolment.
Credits
0.0
Year of study
Post-secondary Preparatory
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Read, write and perform simple diatonic melodies in Bass and Treble clefs
- Identify and write key signatures, intervals, diatonic scales, and triads
- Identify and write rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic cadences
- Analyze basic harmony in different musical idioms
- Perform basic conducting patterns
- Sing simple melodies, scales, and triads using note names, scale degrees and Kodaly Solfege
- Transcribe melodic and rhythmic dictations
- Perform basic simple and compound-meter rhythms
- Perform rhythms using South Indian Solkattu
Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition (PLAR)
None
Hours
Lecture, Online, Seminar, Tutorial: 9
Practicum, Self-Paced, Individual Learning: 21
Total Hours: 30
Practicum, Self-Paced, Individual Learning: 21
Total Hours: 30
Instructional Strategies
Grading System
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Passing grade
S (70%)
Evaluation Plan
None
Course topics
- - Reading and Writing Bass and Treble Clefs - Basics of vocal production - Moveable-Do/La-Based Minor Solfege - Singing simple melodies - South Indian Solkattu (Rhythm Syllables) - Performing and writing basic rhythms - Simple and compound time signatures - Simple phrase structure - Identifying and writing intervals - Rhythmic, Melodic and Harmonic Cadences - Identifying, writing and singing Major and Minor Scales - Identifying and writing triads in Major and Minor - Basic Harmonic Analysis
Learning resources
- Computer/Laptop with internet access and audio-centric multimedia capabilities (microphone and camera).
- Piano/keyboard instrument or virtual keyboard
- Blank 5-line music staff paper
- Metronome/metronome app
- A practice/performance space suitable for singing and clapping
- Piano/keyboard instrument or virtual keyboard
- Blank 5-line music staff paper
- Metronome/metronome app
- A practice/performance space suitable for singing and clapping
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.