Course: MUS 155 Aural Skills I · Kenosis College
Instructor: Professor Hemsworth
Unit: Learning Unit 3 of 15 (Week 3) · two sessions per week
Objectives: SLO 3 · SLO 4

Two pieces: (A) the Unit 3 Overview page and (B) the Announcement. All timing uses the course's tokens.

(A) Week 3 Overview — Start Here

Welcome to Unit 3: The Divided Beat, Heard

Every beat splits — in half, or in three. That split separates a march from a lullaby, and this week your ear learns to call it in one hearing. This morning, theory names compound meter and "1 la li"; an hour later the room divides in half and proves it on one shared pulse. Also, by ear alone: the shuffle — quick pairs leaning long–short, never written down.

Work the table top to bottom.

The late-work policy is in the syllabus.

Why this makes you a better musician

A 12/8 ballad and a waltz will never blur for you again — you'll feel which one the band is in before the first phrase ends, and when the count-off says shuffle, you'll sit inside the lilt with the drummer, no words needed.

How to succeed: small daily doses — the flip drill takes two minutes, and by session 2 it's reflex.

(B) Announcement — Week 3

Subject: One beat, two insides — this week you hear which

Hi everyone,

You already know this week's material by heart: you've rowed the boat gently down the stream your whole life, and that lilt is 6/8. This week it gets its name and its count — "1 la li," from this morning's theory session — and your ear learns to tell beats that halve from beats that split in three.

Do Tutorial 3 before session 1; the studio's centerpiece drill assumes it. Session 2 ends with Skills Check 3 — eight questions, all ears, two answered purely by feel: straight, or shuffled? Recordings and practice close at the end of the week. Next week: Major on solfège.

Bring your hands. They already know the beat.

See you in the studio,
Professor Hemsworth

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