Aural Skills I

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Introduction to basic skills of ear-training and sight-singing necessary forcompetent musicianship. Students learn to sing at sight and transcribe by ear allintervals, simple rhythms, and modal and diatonic melodies in simple andcompound meters and in any mode or key. Sight-singing component conductedusing the moveable "DO" system of Solfege. Parallels theoretical conceptscovered in MUS122: Music Theory I. Note: Fulfills SUNY-GE The Arts. (1 hr.lecture, 2 hrs. laboratory) Prerequisite: A grade of C or better in MUS121: BasicMusicianship or successful completion of the Music Theory Placement Test.Corequisites: MUS122 and MUS124.