Commercial Ear Training (MUSC 2200)
Includes the study of intervals, rhythms, melodic, harmonic and rhythmic dictation, progressions, chord recognition and simple song transcription. Examples are drawn from the jazz and pop repertoire. Transcribing is emphasized, root movement is stressed and method is based on a numerical system. 1:0:2
Course code: MUSC 2200
Credits: 2.0
Tuition: $0
Length: 0.0 hours
Course outline:
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Prerequisites
Rhythm Studies 1108, Materials and Structures of Music 1203.Corequisites
Jazz Theory 2115/2215, Class Jazz Piano 2163/2263 . No schedule is currently available. Please check again later.
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- Arhythmic melodic sequences (pitch sets)
- Melodies with rhythm
- 7th sonorities (qualities) and altered chord sonorities (qualities)
- Pentatonic, bebop, modes of the jazz minor scale, whole tone and diminished scales
- Patterns in scales
- Chromaticisms within tonal contexts
- Jazz and pop harmonic formulas (e.g. I-vi-ii-V), exemplary song form
- Bass lines associated with chord progressions
- Jazz and pop song forms, latin music forms
- Triplets, compound metre, odd metre, mixed metre, odd rhythmic groupings
- Rhythm in two and three layer textures with syncopations and triplets
- Altered scale “tension” note with altered dominant sonorities
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