Maricopa Community Colleges  MTC103   19956-99999 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 03/28/95
MTC103 19956-99999 LEC 2 Credit(s) 2 Period(s)
Introduction to Aural Perception
An introduction to the aural skills necessary to hear relationships of intervals, rhythms, melody, and harmony in music. May be repeated for a total of four (4) credit hours. Prerequisites: None.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
MTC103   19956-99999 Introduction to Aural Perception
1. Identify all pitches on the staff. (I)
2. Explain the significance of the top and bottom number of a meter signature. (II)
3. Identify, by sight and sound, simple and compound metered music. (II)
4. Notate commonly used rhythms in simple and compound meters. (II)
5. Detect, through listening, rhythmic errors in a musical fragment. (II)
6. Perform rhythmic exercises in simple and compound meters. (II)
7. Aurally compare the pitches between a major and a minor scale. (III)
8. Aurally identify and notate all simple intervals. (III)
9. List structural characteristics of a melody. (IV)
10. Notate, based on listening, melodic fragments in major and minor keys. (IV)
11. Sight sing simple melodies. (IV)
12. Define the four triad types. (V)
13. Identify aurally and notate root position triads. (V)
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MTC103   19956-99999 Introduction to Aural Perception
    I. Notation
        A. Staff
        B. Clefs
        C. Pitch notation
      II. Rhythm
          A. Meter signatures
            1. Simple meters
            2. Compound meters
          B. Note values
            1. Common rhythms used in simple/compound meters
            2. Detection of rhythmic errors
          C. Exercises: performing common rhythms in simple/compound meters
        III. Intervals
            A. Pitch difference between major and minor scales
            B. All other intervals within the octave
          IV. Melody
              A. Structural characteristics
                1. Starting and ending pitches
                2. Melodic curve
                3. Highest and lowest pitches
                4. Stepwise or leaps
              B. Fragments in major keys using simple/compound meters
              C. Fragments in minor keys using simple/compound meters
              D. Error detection
              E. Sightsinging simple melodies
                1. Stepwise motion
                2. Leaps within the tonic triad
            V. Triads
                A. Intervallic construction of triads in root position
                  1. Major
                  2. Minor
                  3. Diminished
                  4. Augmented
                B. Aural identification of all triads
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