Aural 1 (Foundation) develops student’s ability to hear and apply concepts of musical language.

It introduces students to inner hearing, aural awareness and skills in listening and notation through sight-singing, sight-reading, dictation and aural analysis. It aims to develop the student’s understanding of fundamental musical vocabulary and structures, and of harmonic, rhythmic and melodic concepts.

1. apply rhythmic, melodic and harmonic tools to enhance and support their study of music;
2. develop further from this knowledge base; and
3. add to the pool of musical wisdom that musicians can draw from.

Progress tests (50%) will assess student development in rhythmic and melodic acuity and harmonic understanding.

In-class assessment (50%)will account for student development in skills listed above, and also assess the expansion of their individual knowledge base and their capacity to contribute to the pool of musical wisdom.

2 hours per week, one weekly lecture and one weekly tutorial.   

In addition to the weekly lecture and tutorial, students are expected to develop their skills in their own time, to the value of one hour per week for every contact hour.

All new students will be given a placement test during the Audition Week or the Orientation Week to determine the level at which they should enter.

MUSM1277 Aural 1 Intermediate level

Modus Vetus by Lars Edlund
The Refinement of Rhythm by Bengt-Olov Palmqvist