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MCGY1001: Aural Perception 1A
2024 unit information
Intended for those who require a slower introduction to ear training than that offered in MCGY1000, students work on a range of preliminary skills such as pitch matching and tonic identification. Dictation and sight singing exercises are introduced, with a focus on diatonic pitch materials and both simple and compound metres.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Analysis, History and Cultural Studies
| Code | MCGY1001 |
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| Academic unit | Analysis, History and Cultural Studies |
| Credit points | 3 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Accurately notate the pitch, rhythm and harmony of music sound examples that use the Western tonal vocabulary, to the standard set out in relevant units of the course textbook.
- LO2. Accurately vocalise the pitch, rhythm and harmony of notated music examples that use the Western tonal vocabulary, using solmisation syllables where appropriate.
- LO3. Discern and represent important musical features from a range of examples (including vernacular and non-Western music), and draw deeper conclusions as to how this music works and why.
- LO4. Evaluate and refine transcription strategies through the process of reflective annotation.
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