Ohio University, Course Schedule And Syllabus Music 1030: Dictation & Sight Singing I Fall Semester 2013

Class Number: 8237 Section: 101 Instructor: Time & location: T-Th, 9:00-9:55, Glidden 550

C. Scott Smith E-MAIL: ssmith4@ohio.edu Office: School of Music - Robert Glidden Hall, Room 361 Office phone: 593-4244 (School of Music Secretary) Office Hours: by appointment with the instructor

Brief description of course: Music 1030, Dictation and Sight Singing I, is the first of a series of courses designed to assist the student music major in acquiring the aural skills necessary for success as a professional musician. The first semester will emphasize basic rhythm and pitch discrimination skills, introducing sight singing, rhythmic reading, pitch identification, and dictation drills, and proceed to more difficult rhythm and pitch discrimination skills, involving syncopation in simple meter, compound meters, leaps within the primary triads and V7 chords, and both major and minor keys. Required Materials: Berkowitz, Fontrier, and Kraft. A New Approach to Sight Singing. Norton, 5th ed. Kazez, Daniel. Rhythm Reading. Norton, 2nd Edition Blombach, Ann. MacGAMUT 6 (software) Wallace, Barbara. Developing Aural Skills, Volume I. a music notebook or staff paper, either 5" by 7" or 8 1/2" by 11", and pencils an OAK id & password to access materials posted on Blackboard a metronome Note: All of these texts (except Wallace) will be used throughout the two-year aural skills core. Expected Competencies: write down and perform rhythms in simple and compound meters (Chap 2 and ff.). identify the degrees of a given major or minor scale aurally. sing examples of diatonic melodies, both prepared and at sight, using solfge syllables. write down brief diatonic melodies after three or four hearings. aurally discover errors in short melodic examples. improvise rhythmic phrases using predetermined meters and phrase lengths. improvise simple melodic lines over assigned harmonic progressions. identify aurally all intervals, triad qualities and their inversions. identify aurally short harmonic progressions involving the principal triads and V7 identify aurally brief two-voice diatonic examples;

Grading:

Musicianship: 3 Quizzes: 2 Exams (Mid Term & Final): TOTAL: Dictation: 5 Quizzes: Assignments: MacGamut Levels: TOTAL:

10% 30% 40% 40% 10% 10% 60%

Grading Scale: A = 93100; A- = 9092; B+ = 8789; B = 8386; B- = 8082; C+ = 7779; C = 73 76; C- = 7072; D+ = 6769; D = 6366; D- = 6062; F = 059. Important Dates August 30: September 2: September 6: Nov. 1: Nov. 11: Nov. 27: Dec. 2: Dec. 7: Dec. 9 - 14 Last day to add a fall class without instructor's approval Labor Day: No Classes Last day to add (with instructor's approval); last day to drop a class without a W Last day to withdraw (WP/WF) from a class Veterans Day Observed: No Classes Thanksgiving Break begins: No Classes Classes Resume Last day of classes

The final exam for this class is scheduled Thursday, December 12, at 8:00 a.m. (The final singing exams will occur throughout the morning via a sign up list. There will be no dictation final exam.) Blackboard: Changes to the course schedule will be posted on Blackboard, as will online assignments, announcements, and so on. You are expected to have and use an OU email account, and check Blackboard regularly. Class Attendance: You are allowed a maximum of two unexcused absences. Each absence in addition to the maximum will lower your final grade by a portion of a letter (A to A-, etc.). In addition, no make-up work will be allowed for unexcused absences. An absence is considered excused only if it is approved ahead of the by the instructor, or if it is documented (e.g. medical, family emergency). Habitual lateness will be counted as absences. In the event of a major campus emergency, course requirements, deadlines and grading percentages are subject to changes that may be necessitated by a revised semester calendar or other circumstances beyond the instructors control. All changes will be posted on Blackboard.

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Stretching your limits: Settling for less than you are capable of accomplishing is not viewed favorably by the instructor. All students are expected to work toward the highest level they can achieve. Skills developed in this course will be utilized throughout ones professional career. Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty: Duplicating another's work on an exam or assignment, or any other form of academic dishonesty, will result in automatically failing the course and may be referred to student judiciaries. Special Needs or Disabilities: Students with documented special needs or a disability may request special services. The student should contact the instructor within the first two weeks of the academic session for making special needs arrangements. If you are not yet registered as a student with a disability, please contact the Office of Disability Services at 740-593-2620 or visit the office in 348 Baker University Center. Tutoring: Singing and dictation are skills that take practice. As soon as you feel you do not understand a concept, need more practice, or are falling behind, see your instructor for additional help, recommendations for tutors, etc. Also, attend the free tutoring provided by the School of Music (see posters in Glidden Hall).

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Tentative Course Schedule* Week 1 (8/27, 29) Week 2 (9/3, 5) Melodies (Berkowitz, Ch. 1) Sing & Play** 1-11 handout 1: A & B 12-19 handout 1: C & D MacGAMUT start-up file verification required Dictation Quiz #1 20-30 Musicianship Quiz #1 31-35, & 1-3 on p. 345) 36-46 Dictation Quiz #2 47-52 Musicianship Quiz #2 53-60 60-67 Dictation Quiz #3 handout 1: E & F handout 1: G & H handout 2: I & J handout 2: K & L handout 2: M & N handout 2: O & P Rhythm (Kazez) Kazez, Chap. 1 Kazez, Chap. 1 Wallace (dictation) Unit 1 Unit 1

Week 3 (9/10, 12) Week 4 (9/17, 19) Week 5 (9/24, 26) Week 6 (10/1, 3) Week 7 (10/8, 10) Week 8 (10/15, 17) Week 9 (10/22, 24)

Kazez, Chap. 1 Kazez, Chap. 2 Kazez, Chap. 2 Kazez, Chap. 2 Kazez, Chap. 2 Kazez, Chap. 2

Unit 1 Unit 1 Unit 1 Unit 1 Unit 1 Unit 1 Unit 1

68-73 handout 2: Q & R Kazez, Chap. 3 Musicianship Midterm (cumulative: prepare materials from weeks 1-9)

MacGAMUT: Required Midterm Levels: You should master the following levels (which means you'll actually be working on the next higher level): Intervals: level 2; Scales: level 4; Rhythmic dictation: level 3; Melodic dictation: level 3. Week 10 (10/29, 31) 74-86 Week 11 (11/5, 7) 87-100 1, 2 (p. 268, Berkowitz) 3, 5 Kazez, Chap. 3 Kazez, Chap. 3 Unit 2 Unit 2
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Week 12 (11/12, 14) 103, 107-116 Dictation Quiz #4 Week 13 (11/19, 21) 117-127 Musicianship Quiz #3 Week 14 (11/26) Week 15 (12/3, 5) 128-138 139-148 Dictation Quiz #5

6, 8 9, 10 4, 11 12a, 12b

Kazez, Chap. 4 Kazez, Chap. 4 Kazez, Chap. 4 Kazez, Chap. 4

Unit 2 Unit 2 Unit 2 Unit 2

MacGAMUT: Required Final Levels: Intervals: level 4; Scales: level 8; Chords: level 2; Rhythmic dictation: level 5; Melodic dictation: level 5; Harmonic Dictation, Level 2. *This schedule may be changed at the discretion of the instructor; you will be informed of all changes in class and/or via email or Blackboard. ** The sing and plays from weeks 1-8 are on the handouts provided on Blackboard; weeks 9-15 are in the Berkowitz et al, beginning on page 268.

*This course schedule may be changed at the discretion of the instructor. You will be informed of all changes. Music 1030, Fall 13, page 5