Passage to Music Literacy: Syllabus for Aural Skills

Passage to Music Literacy is an inspirational and imperative pedagogical resource for all instructors assigned the responsibility for teaching any portion of a traditional four-semester aural skills sequence. Starting from the most basic diatonic principles and continuing through posttonal practice, the emphasis on solmization through tonicization, melody memorization, speed writing, tonal indexing, and harmonic drill provides an excellent foundation for students to develop their “seeing ears” and “hearing eyes.”