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College Catalog 2017-2018 
    
College Catalog 2017-2018 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MUS 202R Music Reading IV

Credits: (1)
Music Reading courses (MUS 101R , MUS 102R , MUS 201R  and 202R) are a four-semester sequenced aural skills course designed for music majors looking to transfer to four-year music schools to complete their musical education leading to the B.M., B.S. or B.A. degree in music. The course is complementary with the music department’s Music Theory courses (MUS 101T , MUS 102T , MUS 201T  and MUS 202T ) and Keyboard classes (MUS 101K , MUS 102K , MUS 201K  and MUS 202K ), and should be taken in proper sequence with them. Topics included in MUS 202R are singing prepared melodic examples using solfeggio syllables, singing unprepared melodies (sight singing), singing triads and seventh chords, singing in the principal modes, singing octatonic and whole-tone scales, performing rhythmic exercises while conducting, and melodic and rhythmic dictation. Prerequisite(s): MUS 201R  or permission of instructor Co-requisite(s): MUS 202T  or permission of instructor.