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MUS 1122: Aural Skills II, section 002
Instructor:
Dr. David
Heuser
Mondays and Wednesdays
2.03.14 Arts; Lab: Fridays
Office: 3.02.20 - Phone: 458-5321 - email: dheuser@utsa.edu
Office Hours: TBA or by appointment
Web page: http://music.utsa.edu/electron/aural2.htm
Required Textbooks and Materials (always bring to
class):
· Ottman, Robert, Music for Sightsinging (sixth edition)
· staff paper, pencils (not pens)
· Additionally you will need a recordable CD (CD-R) or cassette for the transcription project near the end of the semester.
Course Description:
Aural Skills 1 is designed to
develop your eartraining and sightsinging
skills, increasing your aural understanding of music. Classroom time is
primarily for drill; most of the work you will do for this course will be done
outside of class. For eartraining, which is harder to
do on your own, there is a Friday lab (
Goals of the Course:
After going through this course, the student should
be:
Grading and course policies
Final grades will be determined by your sightsinging and dictation grades (from tests), and attendance, including lab attendance.
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Sightsinging exams: |
25% |
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Daily Sightsinging Work: |
20% |
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Dictation exams: |
45% |
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Transcription project: |
5% |
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Homework, Preparation: |
5% |
Attendance and punctuality are essential to this course. It will be factored into your grade by the following formula: zero absences will add 2 points to your Final average; 1 absence will add 1 point; each absence after 2 will lower your final grade by 2 points. Two tardies will equal one absence; being late by more than 15 minutes will count as an absence. If a student is absent more than eight times for any reason during the semester, I may, at my discretion, assign a final grade of F for the course. This attendance policy applies to Lab meetings, treating them exactly like regular class meetings.
ALL absences and tardies count. Due to my inability to distinguish between legitimate and illegitimate excuses, I choose not to deal with them (excuses, that is). The two absences you are allowed (a week of classes) are expected to be legitimate (why would you not come to class if you were able?). The only exception to this policy would be a case of prolonged forced absence, such as would be caused by a serious injury requiring hospitalization, or the like. In these cases, documentation is required (of course); otherwise, I do not wish to be shown doctor's notes, letters from funeral directors or a mechanic's bill.
I reserve the right to count you as absent or tardy if you habitually (more than twice) come to class without the required materials (textbook, staff paper, etc.).
Make-up Work: Students are
expected to make up all work missed.
If you are absent, it is your responsibility to get the notes from a
classmate and to come to my office to pick up your homework. I am willing to
meet with you and discuss the course material only after you have taken
appropriate steps to get caught up on your own. Do not make my office your
first stop when you are trying to find out what you missed in class.
Daily Sightsinging and Rhythmic Performance: Each week you are assigned melodies and
rhythms from the Ottman’s Music for Sightsinging. You should prepare these exercises for
the first class day (usually Monday) of the week they are assigned. I will call
on students to perform melodies and rhythms every day except test days, and
these performances will be graded. If you are unprepared you will receive a
grade of “F” for that day.
Lab: There are two lab sessions, Fridays at
Exams:
Make up exams for scheduled exams will be allowed only if notice
is given prior to the scheduled time.
Class Deportment: Students are expected to assist in maintaining a classroom environment that is conducive to learning. To assure all students have the opportunity to gain from time spent in class, students are prohibited from engaging in any form of distraction. Inappropriate behavior in the classroom shall result, minimally, in a request to leave the class. Examples of inappropriate behavior include the use of cellular phones or beepers, eating in the classroom, prolonged chattering, excessive tardiness, sleeping, and overt inattentiveness.
Cheating:
Cheating in any form will not be tolerated. All infractions will be reported to
Student Judicial Affairs and prosecuted to the maximum extent allowed by the
university. Any work you hand in is expected to be your work and your work
only; claiming someone else’s work as your own is cheating.
If you have a concern, problem, question,
issue or whatever, the best thing you can do is talk to me about it
(in person, on the
phone or through email). Stay in touch!
*In order to pass Music 1102 a passing grade
must be made on both the dictation and sightsinging final
exams*
Aural Skills II Schedule
Week
Topics
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Week 1, January 19 |
Review Solfege,
review harmony (I, ii, IV, V in root position) For Monday, January 24 the
handout on Sightsinging
procedure |
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Week 2, January 24, 26 |
Phrase Completion |
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Week 3, January 31, February 2 |
New
Dictation Elements: Inversions of triads |
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Week 4, February 7, 9 |
Sightsinging Test No. 1 - Wednesday, February 9 Ottman - melodies 322-328 |
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Week 5, February 14, 16 |
New
Dictation Element: intervals (2nds, 3rds, 4ths, 5ths) |
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Week 6, February 21, 23 |
Dictation Test No. 1 - Monday,
February 21 Ottman - melodies 372-374, 376, 385, 387-388 |
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Week 7, February 28, March 2 |
New
Dictation Element: Harmonic function: vi Ottman - melodies 398, 406, 410-412, 415-416 |
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Week 8, March 7, 9 |
Sightsinging Test No. 2 – Wednesday, March 9
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Spring Break,
March 14-18
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Week 9, March 21, 23 |
Dictation Test No. 2 -
Wednesday, March 23
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Week 10, March 28, 30 |
New
Dictation Element: intervals (6ths, 7ths) Phrase Completion Ottman - melodies 466, 470-471, 478, 481-483 |
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Week 11, April 4, 6 |
Ottman - melodies 543, 550, 552-553, 563-564, 566 Rhythm – 526-530 |
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Week 12, April 11, 13 |
Ottman - melodies 557-558, 561, 568, 570-571 |
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Week 13, April 18, 20 |
Dictation Test No. 3 –
Monday, April 18 New
Dictation Element: Harmonic function: iii Transcription
Project assigned Ottman - melodies 576-578, 583, 588, 589, 591 |
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Week 14, April 25, 27 |
Sightsinging Test No. 3 - Wednesday, April 25 New
Dictation Element: intervals (tritone) |
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Week 15, May 2, 4 |
Review for final Transcription Project Due Wednesday, May 4 |
Final: Dictation
Test #4 - Monday, May 9 from
Copyright © 1998, David
Heuser
Revised - January 2005
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