Spring 2016

STUDENT SYLLABUS

Course Name/Section Number: Sight Singing and Ear Training 2 MUSI 1117
Instructor Name: Dr. Marylynn L. Fletcher
Division/Dept: Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences/ Fine Arts/ Music
Office Hours:
MWF: 9:00 am - 9:50 am
TTH: 9:30 am - 10:40 am
Additional times by appointment

Office Number: FA115

Office Phone: 361-572-6425
Instructor Email: marylynn.fletcher@victoriacollege.edu
Instructor Website: www.victoriacollege.edu/~mlfletch
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Course Description (AMS):

This course is designed to improve the sight singing and ear training skills of music majors
using drills to develop aural awareness. Melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic dictation are
emphasized.

Prerequisite(s) (AMS):
MUSI 1117: A passing grade in MUSI 1117

Co-requisite(s) (AMS):
Students must also enroll in MUSI 1312.

Required Textbook(s), Supplies, and Materials:

Music for Sight Singing, 9th Edition by Nancy Rogers & Robert W. Ottman, 2014,
Prentice-Hall, ISBN 13: 978-0-205-93833-9; ISBN 10: 0-205-93833-7
Studying Rhythm, 3rd Edition by Anne Carothers Hall, 2005, Prentice-Hall, Inc.
ISBN 10: 0-13-040602-3
Membership in www.teoria.com for ear training exercises
Manuscript Paper
Pencil

Learning Outcomes (AMS):

1. Sight - singing minimum objectives met for course. All students are expected to use Solfege.

Sight Singing Minimum Competencies

Objective
Sing any major, minor, or chromatic scale
Sing any triad type in any position.
Sing melodies using sixteenth note and larger note values in simple
meters that are in major keys.
Sing melodies using sixteenth note and larger note values in simple and
compound meters that are in minor keys.

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2. Ear - Training minimum objectives met for course

Ear Training Minimum Competencies

MUSI 1117
Identify any interval ascending or descending within an octave.
Notate minor melodies in simple meters and notate major melodies in simple and
compound meters
Notate rhythms in compound meter
Identify harmonic cadences as authentic, plagal, or deceptive.
Identify simple harmonic progressions such as I-IV-V-I and I-ii6-V-I.

Assessments (AMS):
1. Students are assessed by individual student performances on quizzes and exams. See
the attached competency chart for Sight Singing.
2. Students are assessed by individual student dictation quizzes and exams. See the
attached competency chart for Ear Training.

Course Requirements:
CLASS PROCEDURES:
Your will have sight singing and ear training assignments due every class. There will be a
melodic dictation quiz every Tuesday. Every Thursday there will be either a rhythmic dictation
quiz or harmonic dictation quiz. You must bring a pencil and manuscript paper to every class.

Instructional Modes: This class will involve taking dictation and sight singing every class.
Practice of singing and ear training outside of class will be necessary for you to pass this
course.

CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR:
1. Students who talk at inappropriate times during class will be asked to leave.
2. Any student found cheating on an exam will receive a 0 for that exam.
3. Work that is turned in late will have 10 points deducted from the grade for each day it
is late.
4. If your cell phone rings during class, you will lose 5 points from your final
grade.

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MUSI 1117 Sight Singing and Ear Training

Spring 2014

Student's Name Section

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Semester Instructor

MUSI 1117 Sight Singing Minimum Objectives

Objective Date Score

Completed
Sing any major, minor, or chromatic scale
Sing any triad type in any position.
Sing melodies using sixteenth note and
larger note values in simple meters that are
in major keys.
Sing melodies using sixteenth note and
larger note values in simple and compound
meters that are in minor keys.

MUSI 1117 Ear Training Minimum Competencies

Objective Date Score

Completed
Identify any interval ascending or
descending
within an octave
Notate minor melodies in simple meters.
Notate major melodies in simple and
compound meters
Notate rhythms in compound meter
Identify harmonic cadences as authentic,
plagal, or deceptive.
Identify simple harmonic progressions such
as I-IV-V-I and I-ii6-V-I.

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Criteria for Grading:

Midterm Grade Final Grade
Daily SS Grade 25% Sight singing
SS Midterm 25% Daily 20%
Daily ET 20% Midterm 10%
ET Exam 30% Final 20%

Ear training
Quizzes 20%
3 Exams 30%

Sight Singing
Daily Grades - You will earn a daily grade in sight singing one day per week
Midterm: Your sight singing midterm will be given the weeks of Mar. 7.
Final Exam: Your final sight singing exam will be given the weeks of May 2.

Ear Training
There will be three exams which are tentatively scheduled:
Feb. 18, 2016
Mar. 31, 2016
May 10, 2016
Every class you will have a short ear training quiz at the beginning of class.

Make-up Exams: You must make arrangements to make missed assignments or quizzes up
within one week after returning from an illness or excused absence.

You are responsible for scheduling performance make-up quizzes and assignments in sight
singing and ear-training with your instructor as soon as possible after your absence.

Attendance:
I must submit an attendance record at the end of the semester for every student. Regular and
prompt class attendance is expected of every student. A students absence means that the
student is not able to participate in the class. For purposes of attendance, I will use quizzes
given at the beginning of each class as your attendance record. The following policies apply
through the 11th week of classes. The instructor
1. MUST drop a student who has not attended class by the 12th day of classes that
semester.
2. May drop a student who misses 7 classes.
3. MUST drop a student who misses 13 classes.

WITHDRAWAL FROM CLASS:

Students who officially drop this course will receive a grade of "W" or Q if they withdraw before
the official withdrawal date.

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Tentative Class Calendar:

MUSI 1117 Sight Singing and Ear Training
Tentative Semester Schedule

WEEK DATES ACTIVITY

Week 1 Jan. 19-21 Scales, Compound rhythm
Week 2 Jan. 26-28 Triad Chain 1st inv; Compound rhythm
Week 3 Feb. 2-4 Diatonic Triads in Minor; Compound rhythm
Sight Singing Chapter 2
Week 4 Feb. 9-11
No Class Feb. 11, TMEA Convention
Sight Singing Chapter 3
Week 5 Feb. 16-18
Ear Training Exam 1
Sight Singing Chapter 3
Week 6 Feb. 23-25
4 measure melodic dictation
Sight Singing Chapter 3
Week 7 Mar. 1-3
4 chord harmonic dictation
Week 8 Mar. 8-10 Sight Singing Midterm
Mar. 13-19 SPRING VACATION
Sight Singing Chapter 4
Week 9 Mar. 22-24
Ear Training: Rhy, Mel, Harmonic Dication
Sight Singing Chapter 4
Week 10 Mar. 29-31
Ear Training Exam 2
Sight Singing Chapter 5
Week 11 Apr. 5-7
Ear Training: Rhy, Mel, Harmonic Dication
Sight Singing Chapter 5
Week 12 Apr. 12-14
Ear Training: Rhy, Mel, Harmonic Dication
Sight Singing Chapter 6
Week 13 Apr. 19-21
Ear Training: Rhy, Mel, Harmonic Dication
Sight Singing Chapter 6
Week 14 Apr. 22-24
Ear Training: Rhy, Mel, Harmonic Dication
Week 15 May 3-5 Sight Singing Final Exam
Tues., May 10
Week 16 Ear Training Final Exam
8:00AM

Disclaimer: The instructor reserves the right to change this syllabus as deemed necessary and appropriate.