Fundamentals of Ear Training
In this introductory course to ear training, students will develop musical memory, inner hearing, rhythmic and melodic sight reading, and basic dictation skills. Students’ musical perception and performance will become more accurate, and they will develop fluency in translating sound into notation and notation into sound. Several ear training techniques will be used, including folkloric melodies, rote-song method, moveable-do solfege, conducting, counting systems, and dictation techniques. The musicianship skills that students will acquire are essential for composition, arranging, production, learning new repertoire and bandleading, improvisation and musical interaction in performance, and improved music perception in listening. Students who complete this course will have the tools to be prepared to take ET-111 and the subsequent Core Ear Training classes.