MUSA101-19S2 (C) Semester Two 2019

Musicianship, Harmony and Analysis 1

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 15 July 2019
End Date: Sunday, 10 November 2019
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 26 July 2019
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 27 September 2019

Description

This course develops competence in rhythmic, melodic and simple harmonic procedures, fundamental music analysis techniques, sight-singing and sight-readings skills and simple harmonizations using keyboard or guitar.

The course offers students an opportunity to strengthen their understanding of harmonic, rhythmic and melodic notation and theory; to learn fundamental approaches to music analysis; develop aural skills with competence in rhythmic, melodic and simple harmonic dictation; strengthen their abilities to sight-sing, sight-read music and to create and perform simple harmonisations of diatonic melodies on keyboard.

Learning Outcomes

  • Students who pass this course will:
  • Have highly-developed aural skills, including competence in sight-singing and melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic dictation;
  • Have an understanding of tonal harmony, including diatonic harmony and simple chromatic harmony;
  • Be able to harmonise simple melodies, and perform these harmonisations at the keyboard;
  • Be able to analyse music from score (including scores using C-clefs and transposing instruments);
  • Be able to discern patterns in complex information.

      • University Graduate Attributes

      This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

      Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

      Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

Prerequisites

MUSA100 or equivalent preparation approved by the Head of School

Restrictions

MUSI112, MUSI171

Timetable Note

Student workload (150 hours) will be allocated to:
• 24 hours attending lectures
• 10 hours attending keyboard tutorials
• 6 hours attending “musicianship singing” class
• 20 hours completing the ‘practical harmony’ tasks
• 20 hours completing the analysis assignments
• 70 hours self-directed study

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Francis Yapp

Lecturer

Glenda Keam

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Practical Harmony Task 1 10% Will be assessed no later than the end of your normal allocated tutorial sessions in week 6.
Practical Harmony Task 2 10% Will be assessed no later than the end of tyour normal allocated laboratory session in week 12.
Analysis Assignment 1 13 Sep 2019 10%
Analysis Assignment 2 04 Oct 2019 10%
Sight-Singing and Rhythm Test 1 10% Will take place during class time
Sight-Singing Test 2 10% Will take place during class time.
In-class Test 1 21 Aug 2019 20%
In Class Test 2 16 Oct 2019 20%

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Turek, Ralph , McCarthy, Daniel William; Theory for today's musician ; Second edition; Routledge, 2014.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $850.00

International fee $3,775.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Humanities .

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