School of Music, SUNY-Fredonia

Music Theory Singing Syllabus

Freshman

(Revised 20 January 2007)

Notes: Chapter and excerpt numbers below refer Krueger, Progressive Sight Singing, New York: Oxford University Press, 2007 and to The Musician's Guide to Aural Skills, vol. 1, New York: Norton, 2005. Scales are sung both ascending and descending. The exams consist of two prepared melodies from this list, one melody sung at sight, and any of the rhythms and exercise material or Sing/Play/Transpose material deemed appropriate by the examiner.

MUS 121

Level I (Krueger chapters 1-5; Musician's Guide chapter 4)

Prepared melodies:

Ch 1: IV/13, IV/24, VIII/23, VIII/28, VIII/40

Ch 2: IV/17, VIII/12, VIII/23, VIII/32, VIII/47

Ch 3: IV/7, IV/15, IV/20, IV/45, IV/48

Ch 4: IV/29, IV/30, IV/36, IV/47, IV/55

Ch 5: IV/22, IV/33, IV/41, IV/48, IV/52

Rhythm and exercise material:

Prepared rhythms (Krueger):

Ch 1: IV/4, IV/9. IV/14, IV/16, IV/18, IV/22, IV/35

Ch 2: IV/5, IV/14, IV/20, IV/24, IV/25, IV/35, IV/37

Ch 3: IV/4, IV/7, IV/11, IV/12, IV/17, IV/24, IV/25

Ch 4: II/2, II/4, II/5, II/9, II/17, II/22, II/27

Ch 5: IV/1, IV/5, IV/8, IV/13, IV/14, IV/20, IV/21

Scales: major

Intervals: M/m2, M/m3, P4, P5 P8 ascending and descending

Isolated chords: major and minor triads, root position

Sing/Play/Transpose:

Musician's Guide to Aural Skills, vol. 1, ex. 4.3 and 4.5 (pp. 81 and 84). Students

play at the keyboard each mode/scale using one or two hands while singing note

names, ascending and descending as directed.

Level II (Krueger chapters 6-9, 18; Musician's Guide chapter 6)

Prepared melodies:

Ch 6: IV/34, VIII/25, XII/18, XIII/3, XIII/4

Ch 7: IV/21, IV/31, IV/34, VIII/17, VIII/30

Ch 8: IV/42, VIII/17, VIII/23, IX/28, IX/32

Ch 9: IV/18, IV/54, VIII/43, IX/14, IX/21

Ch 18: II/4c, II/11, II/14, II/17, II/22, II/24, II/25

Rhythm and exercise material:

Prepared rhythms (Krueger):

Ch 6: IV/3, IV/4, IV/7, IV/12, IV/21, IV/24, IV/25

Ch 7: IV/1, IV/5, IV/8, IV/11, IV/13, IV/19, IV/20

Ch 8: IV/3, IV/5, IV/8, IV/13, IV/14, IV/23, IV/24

Ch 9: II/4, II/6, II/9, II/11, II/20, II/21, II/22

Scales: major and minor (natural, melodic, harmonic)

Intervals: M/m2, M/m3, P4, P5 P8, M/m6 M/m7 ascending and descending

Isolated chords: major and minor triads, root position and all inversions

Sing/Play/Transpose:

Musician's Guide to Aural Skills, vol. 1, ex. 6.6 (p. 127). Students play at the

keyboard each interval while singing note names as directed.

School of Music, SUNY-Fredonia

Music Theory Singing Syllabus

Freshman

((Revised 24 January 2007)

Notes: Chapter and excerpt numbers below refer Krueger, Progressive Sight Singing, New York: Oxford University Press, 2007 and to The Musician's Guide to Aural Skills, vol. 1, New York: Norton, 2005. Scales are sung both ascending and descending. The exams consist of two prepared melodies from this list, one melody sung at sight, and any of the rhythms and exercise material or Sing/Play/Transpose material deemed appropriate by the examiner.

MUS 122

Level III (Krueger 10-14; Musician's Guide chapter 12)

Prepared melodies:

Ch 10: III/11, IV/12, V/30, VI/7, VII/28

Ch 11: III/11, IV/4, V/18, VI/11, VII/28

Ch 12: III/22, IV/4, IV/14, V/16, VI/10

Ch 13: III/9, III/21, IV/4, V/11, VI/6

Ch 14: III/17, III/35, IV/30, V/10, VI/7

Rhythm and exercise material:

Prepared rhythms:

Ch 10: IV/1, IV/4, IV/7, IV/12, IV/16, IV/19, IV/21

Ch 11: IV/1, IV/3, IV/6, IV/10, IV/15, IV/18, IV/21

Ch 12: IV/2, IV/5, IV/7, IV/9, IV/13, IV/16, IV/18

Ch 13: III/5, III/7, III/13, III/16, III/23, III/26, III/28

Ch 14: III/5, III/7, III/9, III/12, III/15, III/17, III/20

Scales: major and minor (natural, melodic, harmonic)

Intervals: M/m2, M/m3, P4, P5 P8, M/m6, TT, M/m7 (all simple intervals) ascending and descending

Sing/Play/Transpose:

Musician's Guide to Aural Skill, vol. 1, Ex. 12.1, nos. 1, 3, 13, and 14 (p. 265).

Students play all notes while singing the right-hand notes arpeggiated upward and downward in solfege. Progressions are to be played as written and transposed/sung w/o notation to one other major and minor key.

Level IV (Krueger Chapters 15-18; Musician's Guide chapter 16)

Prepared melodies:

Ch15: IVA/26, IVA/44, IVC/11, VA/11, VB/4, VI/18

Ch 16: IVA/13, IVA/26, IVB/16, IVC/3, IVC/4, V/10, V/21

Ch 17: III/7, III/10, IV/5, V/8, VI/14, VIII/13, VIII/15

Ch 18: II/5, II/9, II/10, II/23, II/26, II/28

Rhythm and exercise material:

Prepared rhythms:

Ch 15: IV/3, IV/4, IV/6, IV/7, IV/10, IV/11, IV/14, IV/22, IV/23

Ch 16: II/2, II/3, II/9, II/11, II/12, II/13, II/14, II/18, II/19

Ch 17: II/2, II/6, III/7, III/11, III/17, III/20, III/25, III/28, III/29

Ch 18: II/5, II/6, II/11, II/19, II/22, II/23, II/27, II/29, II/30

Scales: major and minor (natural, melodic, harmonic)

Intervals: all simple intervals ascending and descending

Isolated chords: Dom. 7th, M7th, m7th in root position and all inversions

Sing/Play/Transpose:

Musician's Guide to Aural Skills, vol. 1, ex. 16.7 and 16.9 (pp. 359-61). Students

play outside parts while singing either one of them in solfege as directed.

Progressions are to be played (outside parts) in the given key and transposed/sung

w/o notation to one other major and minor key of student's choice.