Required Materials:

• Benward, Bruce and J. Timothy Kolosick, Ear Training: A Technique for Listening, 7th ed.
• Ottman, Robert, Music for Sight Singing, 5th ed.
• Two #2 pencils or mechanical pencils.
• 10- or 12-stave manuscript paper.
• 3-ring binder or folder for assignments.

Class Goals:

In this class, students will learn to sing and hear the following:

1. All major and minor scales
2. Diatonic and chromatic intervals
3. Melodies which are either stepwise or which outline the tonic and dominant triads in major and minor keys
4. Which part of a four voice chord is in the soprano
5. Melodies and rhythms in simple meters
6. Basic syncopations in simple meters
7. Basic patterns in compound meters

Grades will be based on class participation (10%), in-class singing and playing (30%), written assignments and quizzes (20%), a two-part midterm (written 8%, singing 12%), and a two-part final exam (written 8%, singing 12%).
(<60 = F, 60-69 = D, 70-79 = C, 80-89 = B, 90-100 = A)

Attendance is required at all classes. Students entering the classroom once the instructor has begun will be considered absent, not tardy. If you do enter the classroom once class has begun, sit towards the rear of the room so as not to disturb the class. Three or more unexcused absences will lower the student's final letter grade by one letter for each absence beginning with the third absence. Approved excused absences are: illnesses requiring a doctor's care, death in the family, and studio events when the instructor is notified at least one week in advance. Car trouble is not an excused absence, neither are spontaneous combustion or alien abduction (without a note from MIB).

Attendance and Class Participation are two different aspects of your grade. If you are going to be late to class and are thinking of skipping as a result, think again. You can help yourself in terms of class participation by coming to class and you do not want to lose out on both your attendance and class participation if you can avoid it.

All assignments are to be prepared for the class listed in the syllabus or assigned in class and are due at the beginning of class. Late written assignments will not be accepted for credit, although I will grade any assignment turned in at the next class period for comments only. Written assignments which must be turned in late because of an excused absence will be accepted immediately upon the student's return to class. If you are going to miss class for a studio sponsored event (tour, etc.) you must turn in all assignments before the class to be missed.

Graded assignments will be handed back in class or posted in an envelope outside the door to room 214.

Contract for MUS 1130: Aural Training

All students must return the course contract to Dr. Hauser at the beginning of class on Tuesday, September 7.

Office Hours:

I am available by appointment for any questions you may have and I will be setting regular office hours once the semester begins. If you attend class, do the assigned work, and keep up with the assignments, I will be happy to help you. I will only teach each class once, so please do not ask me for help regarding classes you missed due to unexcused absences. If you need to contact me, and I am not in my office, you can leave a note on my office door or e-mail me at jhauser@tntech.edu.

A Word About Assignments and In-Class Participation:

Although there may be some discrepancies between the knowledge each student brings to this course, all students will be asked to participate to their level of ability. If you attend class regularly and keep up with the assignments, you should be able to do well in this course. If you try to skate by on previous knowledge and do not keep up, you will reach a point in this class or later in the Theory/Aural Training sequence when you need to work and will not be prepared. Do not let this happen to you.

All assignments must be done in pencil to allow for comments and changes as needed for your later study.

All singing will be done using numbers - with "1" indicating the tonic excepting scales and examples in C clef, which will utilize pitch names.

Bring multiple pencils (#2 or mechanical). Pencils break or jam, and failure to have a working pencil is not an excuse for missing an assignment or exam.

Special Circumstances:

Students with a disability requiring accommodations should contact the Office of Disability Services (ODS). An Accommodation Request (AR) should be completed as soon as possible, preferably by the end of the first week of the course. The ODS is located in the Roaden University Center, Room 112; phone 372-6119.