Musicianship I

Catalog description

This course introduces students to the application of sight-singing and dictation techniques of diatonic melodies. Students sing melodies comprised of stepwise motion and triadic leaps in both the major and minor mode using basic rhythms in both simple and compound meters. Students are introduced to melodic dictation, focusing on 4-measure melodies, and begin to develop their working memory. Students are also introduced to simple harmonic progressions and develop basic dictation techniques focusing only on outer voices of an SATB setting. Students develop singing skills that focus on accurate rhythm, pitch, and implementation of solfege syllables.