For rising 9th graders through adult. Maximum 15 participants per class. Held at Gainesville Presbyterian Church.
Purpose: to develop the comprehension of sheet music and the skill of singing written vocal lines accurately at sight.
DATES
AURAL SKILLS 1 (6:00-7:25PM) and AURAL SKILLS 2 (7:30-9:00PM)
Tuesdays
July 7, 14, 21, 28
August 11
AURAL SKILLS 3 (6:30-8:00)
Thursdays
July 2, 9, 16, 23
August 13
*If you are currently taking a class, you may also audit any other class for free.
TUITION
Cost is $95 for entire 5-week course, plus $10 materials fee.
Family discount
Two siblings under 18 = each sibling $85 + $10
Three or more siblings under 18 = each sibling $75 + 10 each
REGISTRATION
Which Level should I take?
Review content of each level below.
I am entry level/have not taken sight-singing recently… | Take Level 1 |
I have mastered Level 1 content… | Take Level 2 |
I have mastered Level 2 content… | Take Level 3 |
Ultimately the teachers will determine which class you are best suited for. Stay flexible, and we’ll find the best spot!
Aural Skills Level 1 Content
Tuesdays, 6:00-7:25pm
Music Theory
- Key signatures: identifying on staff, finding Do
- C, G, F
- Keys on piano
- Identifying letter names of all 12 keys on a keyboard
- Letter names on staff
- Treble clef for SA, both for T, bass clef for B
- Rhythms – count-singing, clapping, singing
- Whole, dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth(s)
- Spelling: spell scales in C, G, F
Ear Training
- Intervals
- m2, M2, P8
- Chords
- Identify and sing Major chord from any pitch, ascending and descending
- Scales
- Identify and sing Major scales
- Audiating
- Audiate Mi and Sol when given Do
- Work toward audiating Re and La when given Do
- Identify & sing Do-Mi-Sol from given major chord or major key piano intro
Sight-Singing
- Sight-sing in major keys:
- C, G, F
- Do through Do in major keys
- Steps and skips
- Mostly unison or 2-part scores & excerpts, with some 3- or 4-part
Aural Skills Level 2 Content
Tuesdays, 7:30-9:00pm
Music Theory
- Key signatures: identifying on staff, finding Do
- C, G, D, A, F, Bb
- Keys on piano
- Identifying letter names of all 12 keys on a keyboard
- Letter names on staff
- One ledger line above and below staff
- Treble clef for SA, both for T, bass clef for B
- Rhythms – count-singing, clapping, singing
- Dotted eighth-sixteenth combinations
- 1 _ & a
- 1 _ _ a
- Introduce compound meter: 6/8, 9/8, 12/8
- Dotted eighth-sixteenth combinations
- Spelling: be able to spell scales in C, G, D, A, F, Bb
- Accidentals
- Fi in keys of C, G, D, A, F, Bb
- Relative minor keys
- Identify relative minor (La) of keys of C (Am), and F (Dm)
Ear Training
- Intervals
- m2, M2, m3, M3, P8
- Chords
- Identify and sing Major chord from any pitch, ascending and descending
- Scales
- Identify and sing Major scales
- Audiating
- Easily audiate Mi and Sol when given Do
- Audiate Re and La when given Do
- Identify & sing Do-Mi-Sol from given major chord or major key piano intro
- Identify & sing La-Do-Mi from given minor chord or minor key piano intro
Sight-Singing
- Sight-sing in major keys:
- C, G, D, A, F, Bb
- Do through Do in major keys
- La through La in minor keys (natural & harmonic)
- Fi in major
- Si in minor
- Steps, skips, some leaps
- Mostly 2-part scores & excerpts, with some 3- or 4-part
Aural Skills Level 3 Content
Thursdays, 6:30-8:00pm
Music Theory
- Key signatures: identifying on staff, finding Do
- C, G/Gb, D/Db, A/Ab, E/Eb, B/Bb, F/F#
- Keys on piano
- Identifying letter names of all 12 keys on a keyboard
- Letter names on staff
- Two ledger lines above and below staff
- Treble clef for SA, both for T, bass clef for B
- Rhythms – count-singing, clapping, singing
- Dotted eighth-sixteenth combinations
- 1 _ & a
- 1 _ _ a
- 1 e & _
- 1 e _ _
- Introduce compound meter: 6/8, 9/8, 12/8
- Ties & syncopation
- Dotted eighth-sixteenth combinations
- Spelling
- Spell scales in C, G, D, A, E, F, Bb
- Accidentals
- Identify whether a natural sign means up, down, or neither in keys of C, G, D, A, E, F, Bb
- Relative minor keys
- Identify relative minor (La) of keys of C (Am), G (Em), D (Bm), A (F#), E (C#m), and F (Dm)
Ear Training
- Intervals
- m2, M2, m3, M3, P4, TT, P5, P8
- Chords
- Identify and sing Major & Minor from any pitch, ascending and descending
- Scales
- Identify and sing Major, Natural Minor, and Harmonic Minor scales
- Audiating
- Easily audiate Mi and Sol when given Do
- Work toward audiating Re, Fa, La, and Ti when given Do
- Identify & sing Do-Mi-Sol from given major chord or major key piano intro
- Identify & sing La-Do-Mi from given minor chord or minor key piano intro
Sight-Singing
- Sight-sing in all relevant major keys
- C, G/Gb, D/Db, A/Ab, E/Eb, B/Bb, F/F#
- Do through Do in major keys
- La through La in minor keys (natural & harmonic)
- Fi in major
- Si in minor
- Steps, skips, and leaps
- Mostly 2-4 part scores & excerpts
