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Courses for Second Year Students.
6. Sight Reading—B. This course requires the reading at sight of
music taught in the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades of the
public schools, using Latin syllables.
Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, from 9:30 to 10:30. Professor
—. Madison Hall.
7. Melody—B. This course in constructive music is valuable as a
basis of form analysis. Facility in melody writing is also a distinct
are diatonic melodies, simple intervals, the chromatic inflection,
simple modulations and rhythmic development. Written work is required
daily.
Thursday and Fridays, from 9:30 to 10:30. Professor —.
Madison Hall.
8. Dictation—B. This course deals with the problems of tone and
rhythm included in the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades of
public school music.
The purpose of this course in ear training and dictation is to
make the student familiar with scale relations, simple chromatic inflections,
and the simpler rhythms. It thus becomes of direct value,
both in sight reading and in listening to music. Special lessons are
provided in showing how to prepare and present dictation lessons,
both oral and written, in the classroom.
Daily, from 8:30 to 9:30. Mrs. Waterman. Madison Hall.
9. Material—B. This course requires the study of charts and
books employed in the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grammar
grades. The development of the subject and the interrelation of
songs and studies are emphasized. Sight reading of words and music
simultaneously, supplements the singing with the syllable names.
The courses in Material A and B are given by experienced supervisors.
The methods employed are those used in the schoolroom.
These courses, therefore, become a laboratory demonstration of the
material and methods used in teaching music in the public schools
from the kindergarten to the high school.
Daily, from 12:15 to 1:15. Mrs. Waterman. Madison Hall.
10. Methods—B. This course includes methods for the fifth, sixth,
seventh and eighth grammar grades, and is open only to students
who have completed Methods A. It involves a study of the pedagogy
of the subject as required by the introduction of new principles
and their combination with elementary principles. Detailed outlines
for lesson preparation, and presentation are required.
Daily, from 10:30 to 11:30. Mrs. Waterman. Madison Hall.
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