COURSE:                MUSI 172X

TIME/LOCATION:  12:00-12:55 TR Spring Semester, 214 Steinman

INSTRUCTOR:       Pandel Collaros

OFFICE:                  210 Steinman

HOURS:                  By appointment

PHONES:                (office) 829-7331, (home) 740-264-5739

E-MAIL:                   collaros623@comcast.net

WEB PAGE:            http://home.comcast.net/~collaros623/index.htm

REQUIRED MATERIALS:

• Ottman, Robert. Music for Sight Singing, latest edition. Upper River Saddle, NJ:  Prentice-Hall.
• Blombach, Ann K.  MacGAMUT, latest edition.  Columbus, OH:  MacGAMUT Music Software, Inc.

DESCRIPTION:  MUSI 172X is the second semester of an integrated two year ear training sequence. This course develops critical listening skills through dictation, sight singing, conducting, and aural analysis.  MUSI 172X is coordinated with MUSI 172 and will parallel the concepts presented there as much as possible.

PREREQUISITES:  MUSI 171 and MUSI 171X

GRADING:	SCALE:
25% Singing quizzes	A = 93-100
25% Singing exams	A- =  90-92
25% Dictation quizzes	B+ =  87-89
25% Dictation exams	B  =  83-86
	B- =  80-82
	C+ =  77-79
	C  =  73-76
	C- =  70-72
	D+ =  67-69
	D  =  63-66
	D- =  60-62
	F  =  00-59

• Practice singing and conducting melodies 525-35
• Computer Exercise:  Intervals--Harmonic, 6 choices; Chords--7ths dd/dm/mm/Mm/MM, root

• Practice singing and conducting melodies 542-50
• Computer Exercise:  Melodic--compound meter, Rhythm--Exercises on Patterns 1-3

• Practice singing and conducting melodies 557-67
• Computer Exercise:  Chords--7ths root/1st; Intervals--Harmonic, all choices listed
• Singing Quiz 1 (melodies through week 2)

• Practice singing and conducting melodies 574-84
• Computer Exercise:  Melodic--Longer melodies, more skips; Rhythm--Patterns 4, simple 16ths
• Dictation Quiz 1

• Practice singing and conducting melodies 591-601
• Computer Exercise:  Chords--7ths, root, 1st, 2nd; Intervals--Harmonic, all choices
• Singing Exam 1 (melodies through week 4 and sight)

• Practice singing and conducting melodies 608-17
• Computer Exercise:  Melodic--Minor, i and V skips; Harmonic--Major (3 chords)

• Practice singing and conducting melodies 625-35
• Computer Exercise:  Chords--7ths all positions; Rhythm--Exercises on Patterns 1-4
• Dictation Exam 1
  

• Practice singing and conducting melodies 642-52
• Computer Exercise:  Melodic--iv skips, larger i and V skips; Harmonic 6--Minor (3 chords)
• Singing Quiz 2 (melodies from weeks 5 through 7)

• Practice singing and conducting melodies 659-69
• Computer Exercise:  Chords--all positions, Harmonic--Major (6 chords), Harmonic--Minor (6 chords)
• Dictation Quiz 2

• Practice singing and conducting melodies 676-82
• Computer Exercise:  Melodic--More skips, trickier compound; Harmonic--All diatonic (6 chords)
• Singing Exam 2 (melodies weeks 5 through 9 and sight)

• Practice singing and conducting melodies 688-98
• Computer Exercise:  Melodic--Syncopation, mixture, skips; Harmonic--All diatonic (9 chords)
• Dictation Exam 2

• Practice singing and conducting melodies 705-15
• Computer Exercise:  Melodic--More complex, larger skips; Harmonic--Secondary dominants, major (6)

• Practice singing and conducting melodies 722-32
• Computer Exercise:  Melodic--Modulation to close keys; Harmonic--Secondary dominants, minor (6)
• Dictation Quiz 3

• Computer Exercise:  Harmonic--Secondary dominants (6); Intervals--All simple intervals; Rhythm--Patterns 5, compound, 16ths
• Singing Quiz 3 (melodies weeks 10-13)

Any student in this course who has a disability that may prevent him/her from fully demonstrating his/her abilities should contact me personally as soon as possible so we can discuss accommodations necessary to ensure full participation and facilitate the educational opportunity.

cc: Professors Kenn Morgan and Michael Mihalyo