MUI2002 Aural Skills and Post-Tonal Harmony

Contents

• Staffing
• Requisites
• Rationale
• Synopsis
• Objectives
• Topics
• Texts
• Reference materials
• Student workload
• Assessment details
• Graduate qualities and skills
• Important assessment information
• Assessment notes
• Production date
• PDF version

STAFFING

REQUISITES

RATIONALE

This course provides the student with important music skills that supplement Music Performance, Creation and Scholarship courses. Important elements in the development of a musician are aural awareness and a knowledge of music writing techniques.

SYNOPSIS

This course provides practical instruction in the use of post-tonal transformational techniques commonly used in compositions from the following musical genres: classical serialism, aleatoricism, minimalism, neocomplexity, free atonality, spectral music, expressionism, stochastic music, neoromanticism, polytonality, polymetricity, electronic music, microtonality, alternatively tuned music, pandiatonicism, chance music, modernism, polystylism and conceptualism. It also provides further development of aural acuity relating to pitch, melody, rhythm, harmony and form.

OBJECTIVES

On successful completion of this course students will have:

1.

demonstrated written communication skills appropriate to the discipline by writing a musical composition using post-tonal transformational techniques and transcribing aural exercises;

2.

demonstrated successful adaptation of creativity skills by writing a musical composition using post-tonal transformational techniques;

3.

demonstrated professional and academic literacies by understanding and applying post-tonal, transformational techniques in musical composition;

4.

further developed their powers of aural observation and awareness.

TOPICS

TEXT and MATERIALS required to be PURCHASED or accessed

ALL textbooks and materials are available for purchase from USQ BOOKSHOP (unless otherwise stated). Orders may be placed via secure internet, free fax 1800642453, phone 07 46312742 (within Australia), or mail. Overseas students should fax +61 7 46311743, or phone +61 7 46312742. For costs, further details, and internet ordering, use the 'Textbook Search' facility at http://bookshop.usq.edu.au click 'Semester', then enter your 'Course Code' (no spaces).

Kostka, S 1998, Materials and techniques of twentieth-century music, 2nd edn, Prentice Hall.
(ISBN-10: 0139240772, ISBN-13: 978-0139240775)

REFERENCE MATERIALS

Reference materials are materials that, if accessed by students, may improve their knowledge and understanding of the material in the course and enrich their learning experience.

As specified by the Lecturer.

Cook, P 1999, Music, cognition and computerized sound, The MIT Press, Cambridge.

Roig-Francoli, M 2007, Understanding post-tonal music, McGraw Hill.
(ISBN007293624X / 9780072936247)

STUDENT WORKLOAD REQUIREMENTS

ASSESSMENT DETAILS

NOTES

1.

Students will be advised of the times for Module B practical test when the examination timetable has been finalised. This assessment item is aligned with Objectives 1 and 4.

2.

This assessment item is aligned with Objectives 1 and 4.

3.

This assessment item is aligned with Objectives 1, 2 and 3.

4.

This assessment item is aligned with Objectives 1 and 4.

5.

This assessment item is aligned with Objectives 1 and 4.

6.

This assessment item is aligned with Objectives 1, 2 and 3.

7.

Students will be advised of the official Module A examination date when the timetable has been finalised. This assessment is aligned with Objectives1, 2 and 3.

GRADUATE QUALITIES AND SKILLS

Elements of the following Graduate Skills are associated with the successful completion of this course.

IMPORTANT ASSESSMENT INFORMATION

1. Attendance requirements:
   It is the student's responsibility to attend and participate appropriately in all activities (such as lectures, tutorials, laboratories and practical work) scheduled for them, and to study all material provided to them or required to be accessed by them to maximise their chance of meeting the objectives of the course and to be informed of course-related activities and administration. For this course, normal class attendance consists of one (1) two-hour class per week.
2. Requirements for students to complete each assessment item satisfactorily:
   To successfully complete an individual assessment item, a student must achieve at least 50% of the marks or a grade of at least C-. This statement must be read in conjunction with Statement 4 below.
3. Penalties for late submission of required work:
   If students submit assignments after the due date without extenuating circumstances and without prior approval, then a penalty of a maximum of 5% of the assigned mark may apply for each working day late, up to a maximum of 10 working days, at which time a mark of zero can be recorded for that assignment.
4. Requirements for student to be awarded a passing grade in the course:
   To be assured of receiving a passing grade, a student must achieve at least 50% of the total weighted marks available for the course.
5. Method used to combine assessment results to attain final grade:
   The final grades for students will be assigned on the basis of the aggregate of the weighted marks obtained for each of the summative assessment items in the course.
6. Examination information:
   The exam for Module A of this course CLOSED EXAMINATION, and candidates are allowed to bring only writing and drawing instruments into the examination. The exam for Module B of this course is RESTRICTED. Students must bring a portable CD player and headphones.
7. Examination period when Deferred/Supplementary examinations will be held:
   Any deferred or supplementary examinations for this course will be held during the next examination period.
8. University Regulations:
   Students should read USQ Regulations 5.1 Definitions, 5.6 Assessment, and 5.10 Academic Misconduct for further information and to avoid actions which might contravene University Regulations. These regulations can be found at the URL http://www.usq.edu.au/corporateservices/calendar/part5.htm

ASSESSMENT NOTES

This version produced 11 Dec 2009.