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BA Musicianship C - MUSC2312
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of English, Media and Performing Arts
 
 
Course Outline: See below
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: MUSC2311 or MUSI2241
 
 
Excluded: MUSC2302, MUSI2242, MUSI3312
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Extends MUSC2301 by furthering students' knowledge of chromatic harmony, analysis and counterpoint. Includes further development of aural, sight-reading and keyboard skills such as improvising an accompaniment and realising figured bass, plus the completion of music literature tests.


Learning Outcomes

The harmony component of this course is designed to enable students to:
  • Consolidate previous knowledge of harmonic vocabulary
  • Become familiar with an extended repertoire of diatonic and chromatic harmony
  • Observe and analyse known and new harmonic vocabulary in selected compositions
  • Observe and analyse the processes involved in unrelated modulation
  • Apply harmonic techniques demonstrated in class in a creative way through the writing of a composition in a specific musical style
  • Develop musical skills necessary for scholarly inquiry (score reading and writing skills, inner hearing, music theory, and repertoire knowledge)
  • Provide an in-depth engagement with the relevant disciplinary knowledge through practical, hands-on exercises and real-life emulating tasks and also by enlarging students' familiarity with various styles and compositions
  • Foster the capacity for analytical and creative problem-solving through music-listening and writing tasks
  • Develop students' ability to engage in independent and reflective learning, and improves students' skills of effective communication by requiring them to develop vocabulary appropriate for describing compositional processes, musical styles, textures, and qualities of and differences in performances.

Assessment

  • Harmony (including written assignments and tests) - 35%
  • Aural (including lab, transcription, singing, sight-singing, class work) - 25%
  • Music Literature - 20%
  • Group Performance (participation) - 15%
  • Australia Ensemble Reviews (2 reports of <500 words) - 5%

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