Musicianship 2

Course code MUSC 1401

Credit 3.0

Length 60.0 hours

Course outline View

Musicianship 2 is the second of a four-course sequence that introduces music students to musicianship. In level 2 students expand upon skills learned in Level 1, with a particular emphasis on diatonic harmonic materials, including seventh-chords.

Prerequisites

MUSC 1301 or equivalent.

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What you will learn

  • Solfege with hand signs
  • Melody singing
  • Sight-singing
  • Singing in polyphonic contexts
  • Ostinatos
  • South Indian rhythmic solfege (Solkattu)
  • Melodic and rhythmic dictations
  • Mode recognition including Spanish phrygian and super-locrian
  • Chord (sonority) recognition including diatonic 7th chords
  • Chord progressions in major
  • Small form recognition
  • Theoretical structure recognition
  • Improvisation in a diatonic context

How to register

This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.

Course schedules

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CRN# Duration Delivery Location
41431 January 5, 2026
to April 24, 2026
Lab/Rehearsal VCC Broadway Building A See full schedule

Online courses listed without scheduled meeting times can be completed on your own schedule.

CRN# Duration Delivery Location
41432 January 5, 2026
to April 24, 2026
Lab/Rehearsal VCC Broadway Building A See full schedule

Online courses listed without scheduled meeting times can be completed on your own schedule.

Contact us

If you have any question, please email at advising@vcc.ca.

Additional information

1. Practical and/or written examinations that demonstrate ability at or above the final exam and learning outcomes of this course.
2. A successful interview with the Music Department Leader and one other regularized music faculty member

† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.

Indigenous Territory Acknowledgment

VCC is located on the traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples, and we acknowledge our privilege to be here.