Course code

KUM6254.FK

old course code

Course title in Estonian

Muusikaline kuulmisoskus

Course title in English

Ear Training

ECTS credits

4.0

Assessment form

assessment

lecturer of 2025/2026 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2026/2027 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

To develop students’ professional musical hearing and memory as a foundation for interdisciplinary creative practice, focusing on distinguishing, naming and performing scales and chords by ear, by singing and on the piano, using a key-based approach.

Brief description of the course

The course develops musical memory and hearing through listening to, distinguishing and reproducing different scales and two-, three- and four-note harmonic structures. Practical work on the piano supports all activities, relating them to keys, real music and contemporary creative practice.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- is able to aurally distinguish, name, sing and play on a keyboard various scales and chord structures, including major and minor scales, modes, chromaticism, whole-tone scale, intervals, triads and seventh chords, and use this knowledge consciously in sonic and multimedia projects.

Teacher

Marit Mõistlik, PhD, Hain Hõlpus MA

The course is a prerequisite

Study programmes containing that course

Integrated Arts, Music and Multimedia (KUMMB/26.FK)
Integrated Arts, Music and Multimedia (KUMMB/25.FK)
Integrated Arts, Music and Multimedia (KUMMB/24.FK)
Integrated Arts, Music and Multimedia (KUMMB/23.FK)
Integrated Arts, Music and Multimedia (KUMMB/22.FK)
Integrated Arts, Music and Multimedia (KUMMB/21.FK)
Integrated Arts, Music and Multimedia (KUMMB/20.FK)
Integrated Arts, Music and Multimedia (KUMMB/19.FK)
Integrated Arts, Music and Multimedia (KUMMB/18.FK)