Fundamentals of Ear Training

Course Number
ET-110
Description

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.

Credits
2
Prerequisites
None; entering students are placed into this course based on ESPA scores
Required Of
Entering students who test into this course
Electable By
All B.M. and P.D. students
Semesters Offered
Fall
Location
Boston
Valencia
Department
EAR
Course Chair
Gilson Schachnik
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