MUS180 — Musicianship I
1.0 HR. (TC) Prerequisite: MUS 136 with a grade of C or better, or a score of 35 on the Theory Placement exam, and concurrent enrollment in MUS 170. This is the first course in a series of four courses devoted to the aural skills of musicianship. The course includes division of the beat in simple and compound meters; identification of scales, intervals, triads, and seventh chords; and melodies moving by step and using skips within the tonic triad in major and minor tonalities. Aural understanding is developed through dictation and sight singing. Two laboratory hours per week.