Musicianship/Sight-Singing/Ear Training Surveys

DAVID CLAMAN

 Hello Colleagues,  

We are considering revamping our Musicianship/Sight-Singing/Ear Training sequence. I may put together a survey to find out what people are doing/have done at other schools. But I have a recollection that others may have created similar surveys recently. If so, we would be interested in looking at the data collected, if possible. 

Among questions we are considering:

How frequently do classes meet, and for how long?

How are these classes integrated, or not, with written theory and keyboard classes?

What topics are covered?

What sight-singing methods are used (fixed do, movable do, numbers, etc,)?

How much attention is given to music outside of the Western classical tradition--pop/jazz/folk/non-Western?

If you have done a similar survey, we would be interested in seeing the data.

If no recent survey of this sort has been done, I will try to construct one, distribute it, and share the results with those who are interested.

Thank you,

David Claman Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Music

Lehman College-CUNY

http://davidclaman.com

 

 

 

 

Sam Zerin

Have you considered asking about ear-training of elements other than intervals, rhythms, and chords, such as instrumentation, common accompaniment figures, virtuosic gestures, textures, schemata, tuning, etc?