Course: MUS 155 Aural Skills I · Kenosis College
Instructor: Professor Hemsworth
Unit: Learning Unit 13 of 15 (Week 13) · two sessions per week
Objectives: SLO 1 · SLO 2 · SLO 3 · SLO 4

Two pieces: (A) the Unit 13 Overview page and (B) the Announcement. All timing uses the course's tokens.

(A) Week 13 Overview — Start Here

Welcome to Unit 13: Two Voices, Heard from Inside

This morning in theory the rules of two-voice writing get named; an hour later you stand inside them: rounds in two groups, one line held against another, parallel fifths collapsing a duet into one thickened voice, the two pulls every close leans on. Session 2 brings a handoff: your week-15 prepared final melodies, two weeks early — the break sits just before the final, and the break is study time, not decay time.

Work the table top to bottom.

The late-work policy is in the syllabus.

Why this makes you a better musician

The harmony vocal that works is a line, not a shadow. After this week you can hear — from inside, while singing — whether your part still has a life of its own or has fused into the melody. That's the difference between doubling a tune and singing with someone.

How to succeed: your final music arrives session 2. One melody a day from then on.

(B) Announcement — Week 13

Subject: Bring your voice — you're one half of a duet all week

Hi everyone,

This week the room splits in two: rounds (yes, Frère Jacques — the oldest two-voice teacher there is), votes on which textures are really two voices, a line held while the piano argues with you. In the recording, your phone is the second singer — you duet with yourself.

Do Tutorial 13 before session 1 so the words are loaded. Session 2 ends with the skills check and a handoff: your prepared final melodies for Unit 15, early on purpose. Practice and recordings close at the end of the week. Next unit: Embellishment and the outer voices.

See you in the studio — both halves of you.

Professor Hemsworth

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