Musc 116

Sight-singing and Dictation

Term: Spring 2007

Instructor: Dr. Christopher Swanson

Office: Wygal 226

Office Phone: (434) 395-2496

Email: swansoncl@longwood.edu

 

Class Meeting Time & Place:

Section 1: 10:00-10:50am, 233 Wygal

Section 2: 2:00-2:50pm, 233 Wygal

 

Office hour:

            Thursday, 1:00 p. m. Ð 2:00 p. m. ,

 

Course Catalogue Description:

ÒEar training through sightsinging and dictation. 2 periods; 1 credit each semester.  Must be taken concurrently with MUSC 114 [Theory of Music].Ó

 

Textbook:

Melodia: A Course in Sight-Singing Solfeggio by Samuel Cole and Leo R. Lewis. Complete books 1-4. Oliver Ditson Company, Theodore Presser Company.

 

Other required materials:

Three-ring binder, sharpened pencils, and lots of manuscript paper.

 

Course objectives:

            Use Solfeggio and the moveable-do system to:

                        Sing conjunct and disjunct, diatonic melodies in all major and minor keys,

using all chromatic tones. Intervals will be introduced gradually.

 

            Use aural skills to:

                        Notate simple conjunct and disjunct melodies.

                        Notate simple chord progressions.

 

Course Content Outline:

In each class we will go through several exercises, singing, discussing, copying, and listening. 

 

Course Requirements:

You are required to

á      Attend all classes and actively participate in each class.

á      Complete and hand-in assignments on-time.  Assignments handed in after the due date will receive a failing grade. 

á      Study and practice your skills outside of class.

 

Assignments:

 

 

 

Grading Policy:

At the end of each semester, you will receive a letter grade that reflects your participation, achievement, ability and improvement.  NOTE: In order to pass this class, you must demonstrate by the final exam that you have proficient ability in sightsinging and dictation (see Course Objectives) Ð regardless of you grade.

 

There are 1000 possible points in the semester:

 

1 exam

200

 

200

4 tests

4 x 100

400

6 Quizzes

6 x 50

300

Assignment 1

50

25

Assignment 2

50

25

Assignment 3

20

20

Total

 

1000

 

 

Letter grades are broken down as follows:

 

1000 Ð 901         A

900 Ð 801          B

800 Ð 701          C

700 Ð below       F

 

 

 

Attendance Policy: 

 

You are expected to attend all classes. If you miss a total of 25% of the scheduled classes, excused or unexcused, you will fail the course. In-class assignments, quizzes and tests cannot be made up for unexcused absences; students will receive 0 points for such assignments.  Assignments can be made up for excused absences, but it is the studentÕs responsibility to find out what they need to do to make up the work.

 

Students must assume full responsibility for any loss incurred because of absence, whether excused or unexcused. Students are permitted to make up work when the absence is excused. Excused absences are those resulting from the studentÕs participation in a university sponsored activity, from recognizable emergencies or from serious illness. Students must provide the instructor with documentation for excused absences. Student Health Services can provide the necessary documentation if a student is to be hospitalized locally or if the student is to be absent from class at the direction of the Student Health Services personnel. Such documentation must be given to the instructor no later than twenty-four hours after the absence

 

Honor Code Statement:

 

ÒWe will not lie, cheat, steal, or plagiarize, nor will we tolerate those who do.Ó

 

ÒI, having a clear understanding of the basis and spirit of the Honor Code created and accepted by the students of Longwood, Farmville, Virginia, pledge myself to govern my life at Longwood according to its standards and to accept my responsibility for helping others to do so, and with sensitive regard for my institution, to live by the Honor Code at all times and to see that others do likewise.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class Schedule:

The schedule of the class over the semester will, for the most part, follow the same basic schedule of topics covered in Theory of Music (MUSC 113) and Class Piano (MUSC 163).  The three classes will support one another and will form a strong basis for your music education (subject to change).

 

WEEK

DATE

Topics

Quizzes

Week 1.

 

Wed. Jan 17

Review and complete SERIES 3

 

Week 2

 

Mon. Jan 22

Review and complete SERIES 3:

P. 57-58

 

Wed. Jan 24

Review and complete SERIES 3:

P. 59-60

Quiz 1

Week 3

 

Mon. Jan 29

SERIES 5:

P. 81-82

#1-40 (Octaves, sevenths)

 

Wed. Jan 31

SERIES 5

P. 83-84

#41-72 (Sevenths and sixths)

Quiz 2

Week 4

 

Mon. Feb 5

SERIES 5

P. 85-87 #73-124

 

Wed. Feb 7

TEST 1

(Mid-term exam)

Week 5

 

Mon. Feb 12

SERIES 5

P. 88-89

#125-157

 

Wed. Feb 14

SERIES 5

P. 90

#158-171

Quiz 3

Week 6

 

Mon. Feb 19

SERIES 5

P. 91

#172-191

Assignment 1

Wed. Feb 21

SERIES 5

P. 92 

#192-207

Assignment 1

Week 7

 

Mon. Feb 26

SERIES 5

P. 93 

#208-221

 

Wed. Feb 28

SERIES 5

P. 94  #222-231

 

Week 8

 

Mon. Mar 5

SERIES 5

P. 95

#232Ñ244

 

Wed. Mar 7

TEST 2

Week 9

 

Mon. Mar 12

SPRING BREAK

Wed. Mar 14

SPRING BREAK

Week 10

 

Mon. Mar 19

SERIES 5

P. 96-97 

#245-253

Quiz 5

Wed. Mar 21

SERIES 5

P. 98-100

#254-263

 

Week 11

 

 

Mon. Mar 26

SERIES 6

P. 101-102

#1-11

Assignment 2

Wed. Mar 28

SERIES 6

P. 103-105

#12-26

Assignment 2

Week 12

 

Mon. Apr 2

TEST 3

Wed. Apr 4

SERIES 7

P. 131

#1-12

 

Week 13

 

 

Mon. Apr 9

SERIES 7

P. 131-132

#1-23

 

Wed. Apr 11

SERIES 7

P. 132-133 

#13-32

Quiz 6

 

Week 14

 

Mon. Apr 16

SERIES 7

P. 133-134

#24-40

 

Wed. Apr 18

TEST 4

Week 15

 

 

Mon. Apr 23

REVIEW

Assignment 3

Wed. Apr 25

 

REVIEW

 

Final Exam:

MUSC 116-01:  TBA

 

MUSC 116-02: TBA