Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

MUS 111 — Rudiments of Music:

MUS department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• identify musical terms, signs and symbols
• identify the component units of rhythm (time signature, meter, tied notes and dotted notes)
• coordinate three elements of music (rhythm, melody and harmony) on the staff
• read and write simple tunes in staff notation; and
• identify the technical name of each of the degrees in an octave

Course contents

Music theory, including notation of rhythms, scales, intervals, chords, and general rudiment of music. Components units of rhythm (time signature, meter or metric grouping, tied notes and dotted notes). Components units of melody (alphabetical names of lines and spaces of staff, clef, key signature, intervals, and scales).

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study MUS 111.

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