Aural (intermediate) builds on the foundation laid in First-year aural study to develop students' ability to hear and apply concepts of musical language.

It continues to develop students' facility for inner hearing, aural awareness and skills in listening and notation through sight-singing, sight-reading, dictation and aural analysis. It aims to develop the students' understanding of further musical vocabulary and structures, and of harmonic, rhythmic and melodic concepts.

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

1. demonstrate an aural understanding of rhythmic, melodic and harmonic tools to enhance and support their study of music;
2. apply an aural understanding to enhance performance, composition and academic skills
3. Work with others to employ aural skills in a group performance situation

• Three progress tests (50%), [Learning outcomes 1 and 2]
• Weekly in-class assessments (50%), [Learning Outcomes 1-3]

Three hours per week, one weekly lecture and one weekly tutorial  and attendance at aural choir. 

All components one hour each

Department consent

Incompatibility:  MUSM2253, MUSM2254, MUSM2255 and MUSM2256

Aural skills developed through the study of aural in The Complete Musician 1 and 2 (MUSM1301 and MUSM1302) and/or MUSM1305 Foundation Musical Skills.

Foundations:

Modus Vetus by Lars Edlund
The Refinement of Rhythm, Volume 2 by Bengt-Olov Palmqvist

Advanced:

Modus Vetus by Lars Edlund
The Refinement of Rhythm, Volume 2 by Bengt-Olov Palmqvist