57-180 Basic Solfege I

3 units, Carnegie Mellon University

This course improves the student's ability to analyze music aurally and to sing at sight in traditional meters and tonalities using the "fixed do" system. Solfege is the integration of the three cognitive skills: reading music, hearing music, and writing what one hears. Section assignment is determined by a placement test. It includes work on fundamentals for inexperienced students.

Prerequisites: none listed

Offered: Fall 2026, Fall 2025

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