JAZZ 184

This course focuses on acquiring the skills to "translate" music from the audible to the written or from the written to the audible, utilizing the singing voice as a tool for clarifying, verifying, internalizing and communicating musical thought. Students will learn to sing, sight sing, and take dictation involving basic musical materials including simple diatonic melodies in major and minor keys, harmonic progressions including diatonic triads and inversions, and rhythms in common time signatures. Section information text: <strong>Course Description: </strong>This course focuses on acquiring the skills to "translate" music from the audible to the written or from the written to the audible, utilizing the singing voice as a tool for clarifying, verifying, internalizing and communicating musical thought. Students will learn to sing, sight sing, and take dictation involving basic musical materials including simple diatonic melodies in major and minor keys, harmonic progressions including diatonic triads and inversions, and rhythms in common time signatures.<br/><strong>Reg Notes: </strong> Restricted.<br/><strong>