HILL COLLEGE
112 Lamar Drive
Hillsboro, TX 76645
COURSE SYLLABUS
Course Prefix and Number
MUSI 1116
Course Title
Elementary Sight Singing
and Ear Training
Catalog Description:
This course includes sight-singing and dictation of intervals and simple melodies in
various clefs, and major and minor modes. Must be taken concurrently with MUSI
1311.
Lecture Hours__1__Lab. Hours__1__Semester Credit Hours__1__
Pre-requisites: none
Introduction and Purpose
This is a 1 lecture hour transfer course which serves as the first component in the
musicianship sequence for music majors and minors. The course serves as an
introduction to musicianship skills (ear training and sight-singing) using the pitch
materials studied in the concurrent theory course. Concurrent enrollment in MUSI1311 Elementary Harmony is required; concurrent enrollment in MUSI-1181 Piano
Class I or MUAP-1169 Piano I is strongly recommended.
Instructional Materials
Textbook: Sightsinging Complete,7th ed., Maureen Carr and Bruce Benward,
McGraw-Hill.
Supplies and additional materials:
#2 pencils
Objectives At the completion of this course the student should be able to:
1.
aurally identify pitches and pitch patterns, including intervals and scales;
components of musical time, including pulse, meter and rhythm; and diatonic
harmonic constructs.
2.
demonstrate this recognition through rhythmic and melodic dictation and sightsinging.
3.
understand and demonstrate movable do solmization through sight-singing.
Methods of Instruction
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listening exercises
dictation exercises
sight-singing exercises
examinations employing these skills
Methods of Evaluation
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Weekly Dictation and Sight Singing Assignments=50% of final grade.
Midterm examination=20% of final grade.
Final examination=30% of final grade.
Final grade percentage breakdown:
A=90-100%
B=80-89%
C=70-79%
D=60-69%
F=0-59%
When computing the final grade, the lowest two weekly class grades will be
dropped. Examinations will consist of dictation and sight-singing components.
The Midterm and Final examinations will be comprehensive. Student honesty
and attendance policies as stated in the catalog and student handbook are
followed.
Disabilities/ADA
In accordance with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act
(ADA) and the regulations published by the United States Department of Justice
28 C.F.R. 35.107(a), Hill College’s designated ADA coordinator, Debra
Hargrove, Associate Vice President, Human Resources and Organizational
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Development, shall be responsible for coordinating the College’s efforts to
comply with and carry out its responsibilities under ADA. Students with
disabilities requiring physical, classroom, or testing accommodations should
contact Melanie Betz, Director of Counseling, at (254) 659-7651 or
mbetz@hillcollege.edu.
Course Outline
I. Unit One
A. Rhythm-Simple Meter: One-, Two- and Three-Beat Values
B. Diatonic Models and Melodic Fragments for Interval Singing:
M2 & m2
C. Melodies (Major): M2 and m2
D. Melodies (Major): P5, P4, M3 and m3 within the Tonic Triad
and M2 and m2
E. Ensembles-Two Voices: M2 and m2
II. Unit Two
A. Rhythm-Compound Meter: Triple Division of the Beat
B. Diatonic Models and Melodic Fragments for Interval Singing:
P5, P4, M3, m3, M2 and m2
C. Melodies (Major): P5, P4, M3 and m3 within the Tonic Triad
and M2 and m2
D. Melodies (Major): P5, P4, M3 and m3 within the Tonic Triad
and M2 and m2
E. Ensembles-Two Voices: P5, P4, M3 and m3 within the Tonic
Triad and M2 and m2
III.
Midterm Examination
IV.
Unit Three
Rhythm-Simple Meter: Duple Division of the Beat
Diatonic Models and Melodic Fragments for Interval Singing:
P8, P5, P4, M3, m3, M2 and m2
Melodies (Major): P5, P4, M3 and m3 within the Tonic Triad
and M2 and m2
Melodies (Minor):
Ensembles-Two Voices: P5, P4, M3 and m3 within the Tonic
Triad and M2 and m2
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B.
C.
D.
E.
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V. Unit Four
A. Rhythm-Simple Meter: Quadruple Subdivision of the Beat
B. Diatonic Models and Melodic Fragments for Interval Singing:
m10, P8, P5, P4, M3, m3, M2 and m2
C. Melodies (Major and Minor): P5, P4, M3, m3, M2 and m2
D. Melodies (Major and Minor): P5, P4, M3, m3, M2 and m2
E. Ensembles
VI. Final Examination
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