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Programs of Study 224
139-VOCAL ENSEMBLE. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and audition.
Instruction and participation in the various vocal music performance ensembles
under the direction of members of the music faculty.
Credit, one semester hour. May be repeated for a combined maximum of 8 hours.
Offered fall and spring semesters.
140-MUSIC THEORY I. Co-requisites: MUS 142 (Aural skills I), MUS 144 (Keyboard
Harmony I). Fundamentals of music theory including pitch and rhythm notation,
scales, key signatures, meter, intervals, triads, basic melodic construction, Roman
numeral analysis, and cadences.
Credit, two semester hours. Offered fall semester.
141-MUSIC THEORY II. Prerequisite: MUS 140 (Music theory I); Corequisites: MUS
143 (Aural skills II), MUS 145 (Keyboard harmony II). A continuation of Music
Theory I, including seventh chords, inversions. Figured bass, non-harmonic tones,
harmonization, part writing, advanced melodic analysis, secondary functions, and
modulations.
Credit, two semester hours. Offered spring semester.
142-AURAL SKILLS I. Prerequisite: placement test. Co-requisites: MUS 144
(Keyboard harmony I) MUS 140 (Music theory I). Fundamentals of sight singing
and ear training using diatonic materials; 2:1 and 4:1 rhythms, dotted rhythms,
and ties in simple and compound meters; and error detection in single voice
examples.
Credit, one semester hour. Offered fall semester.
143-AURAL SKILLS II. Prerequisite: MUS 142 (Aural Skills I); Corequisites: MUS
145 (Keyboard harmony II), MUS 141 (Music Theory II). Intermediate sight singing
and ear training including decorative chromaticism and altered scale degrees, alto
and tenor clefs, rhythms using triplets and duplets, syncopations, and quintuple
meters. Melodic transcriptions, diatonic chord progressions including inversions,
and error detection in two-voice examples are included.
Credit, one semester hour. Offered spring semester.
144-KEYBOARD HARMONY I. Group instruction in piano designed to help
students develop the necessary skills required for the successful completion of
the keyboard proficiency exam.
Credit, one semester hour. Offered fall semester.
145-KEYBOARD HARMONY II. Prerequisite: MUS 144 (keyboard harmony I) or
permission. Continued preparation for developing the necessary keyboard skills
required for successful completion of the keyboard proficiency exam.
Credit, one semester hour. Offered spring semester.
Virginia Intermont College 2012–2013 College Catalog