MUS 182 - Aural and Keyboard Skills II

3 Cr.

This course continues Aural and Keyboards Skills I (MUS 181). It integrates the skills needed to understand and recall common musical patterns by singing, playing, notating, and identifying melodies and harmonies. Skills include the singing of chromatically altered scale degrees, seventh chords, and the use of Kodaly rhythmic syllables including triplets and syncopation, along with cadence identification. It continues the ability to play at the keyboard including basic I-V phrase modals expanded to secondary dominance and an introduction to secondary harmonies. This course is required of music majors, and recommended for non-majors who have had previous music theory experience and completed MUS 181.

Restricted to Music Majors or permission of Music Department Coordinator. (Usually offered Spring semester.)

Pre-Requisites: MUS 181
Co-Requisites: MUS 172

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MUS 182 - Aural and Keyboard Skills II