Overview
This unit considers the history of popular music from its origins in the the dawn of 1970s rock until the latest music of today. You will continue to study the continuing themes of popular music, acquainting yourself with the main movements, artists, and music of the period. You will also continue your study of more advanced popular music theory including harmony, melody, and groove.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisite: CART11003 Popular Music Origins and Principles 1
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2018
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Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
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Add a specialist ear training class to the delivery of the unit.
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- Understand and successfully apply advanced popular music theory including harmony, melody, and groove
- Explain and contextualise significant music movements, composers, and performers of popular music in the period from 1970 until the current day
- Describe the themes of popular music as they align to the main movements, artists and music of the period.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - In-class Test(s) - 15% | |||
| 2 - In-class Test(s) - 15% | |||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 25% | |||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Communication | |||
| 2 - Problem Solving | |||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |||
| 4 - Information Literacy | |||
| 5 - Team Work | |||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||
| 8 - Ethical practice | |||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - In-class Test(s) - 15% | ||||||||||
| 2 - In-class Test(s) - 15% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 25% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 6th Edition (APA 6th edition)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
r.woodward@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
History: Classic Rock 1970-1974
Theory: Review and Transposition
Aural: Review and Descending Intervals
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
History: Black Rock in the 70s: Disco, Funk, and Reggae
Theory: Seventh Chords
Aural: Seventh Chords
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
History: The Corporatisation of Rock 1975-1982
Theory: Minor Diatonic Chords and Minor Cadences
Aural: Rhythm Dictation (dotted notes & syncopation)
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
History: Punk and New Wave
Theory: Roman Numeral Analysis (Major Keys)
Aural: Scales (Pentatonic and Octatonic)
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
History: I Want My MTV
Theory: Chords of Similar Function/Substitution
Aural: Revision
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
History: 80s Pop
Theory: In-Class Test
Aural: In-Class Test
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
In-Class Tests for Theory and Aural
IN-CLASS MUSIC THEORY TEST - WEEK 6 Due: Week 6 Thursday (23 Aug 2018) 11:45 pm AEST
IN-CLASS AURAL MUSICIANSHIP TEST - WEEK 6 Due: Week 6 Wednesday (22 Aug 2018) 11:45 pm AEST
Module/Topic
History: Metal
Theory: Modulation
Aural: Seventh Chords 2
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
History: Hip Hop
Theory: Melodic Analysis and Non-Chord Tones
Aural: Cadences (Minor Keys)
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
History: EDM
Theory: Guide Tones/Common Tones
Aural: Rhythm Dictation 2
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
History: The Rise of Grunge
Theory: Secondary Dominant Chords
Aural: Melodic Dictation 1
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
History: Britpop
Theory: Tritone Substitutions
Aural: Melodic Dictation 2
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
History: The New Millenium
Theory: Revision
Aural: Revision
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Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
In-Class Test to take place Wednesday of Exam Week 9.30am
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 In-class Test(s)
Length: 60 minutes
Format: This test will be a short answer music theory test covering the music theory knowledge taught in the first five weeks of term.
Content: Basic transposition, seventh chords, minor diatonic chords and cadences, Roman numeral analysis and chords of similar function.
Week 6 Thursday (23 Aug 2018) 11:45 pm AEST
Week 7 Thursday (30 Aug 2018)
All assessment criteria are equally weighted:
· Accurate completion of all music theory tasks.
· Inclusion of all musical requirements.
No submission method provided.
- Understand and successfully apply advanced popular music theory including harmony, melody, and groove
- Explain and contextualise significant music movements, composers, and performers of popular music in the period from 1970 until the current day
- Describe the themes of popular music as they align to the main movements, artists and music of the period.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
2 In-class Test(s)
Length: 60 minutes
Format: This test will be a short answer aural musicianship test covering the aural musicianship knowledge taught in the first five weeks of term.
Content: Descending intervals, seventh chords, rhythm dictation and scales (pentatonic and octatonic).
Week 6 Wednesday (22 Aug 2018) 11:45 pm AEST
Week 7 Wednesday (29 Aug 2018)
All assessment criteria are equally weighted:
· Accurate completion of all aural musicianship tasks.
· Inclusion of all musical requirements.
No submission method provided.
- Understand and successfully apply advanced popular music theory including harmony, melody, and groove
- Explain and contextualise significant music movements, composers, and performers of popular music in the period from 1970 until the current day
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Cross Cultural Competence
3 Written Assessment
Identify the key characteristics and discuss the origins of either Classic Rock, Disco, Funk or Reggae, Punk, New Wave, 80s Pop, Metal, Hip Hop, EDM, Grunge, Britpop or 20th Century Pop (the genres discussed in this unit).
Include discussion and analysis of specific songs, albums or artists that were influential in the style. Also discuss the significant cultural, social and technological developments and historical events where appropriate.
Assignment presentation:
- Use 12 point Times New Roman font for the body of the essay.
- 1.5 spacing throughout
- You may use sub-headings if you wish to organise your assignment. These may be in a different colour or different size font.
- Include in-text references (citations) throughout the assignment.
- Include a Reference List at the end of the assignment in APA style, 6th edition.
- You should have a minimum of 15 references for this assignment
- Do NOT cite from Wikipedia or other websites that do not have an acknowledged author.
- Include in your reference list all music scores used, CD and DVD recordings, Youtube sources, as well as books, academic journal articles, and articles from Oxford Music Online and Rocks Back Pages.
Week 12 Friday (5 Oct 2018) 11:45 pm AEST
Due Friday Week 12 (October 5th)
Exam Week Friday (19 Oct 2018)
Returned within 2 weeks
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- Clear introduction and conclusion (10%)
- Accuracy of information and depth of treatment of the topic (25%)
- Detailed discussion on the music examples provided (25%)
- Ability to write clearly and logically (15%)
- Correct spelling, grammar, punctuation and clear lay-out (10%)
- Correct use of APA style for the in-text referencing and reference list (15%)
- Describe the themes of popular music as they align to the main movements, artists and music of the period.
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
4 In-class Test(s)
Length: 2.5 hours
Format and content: This test will be a short answer test covering all topics discussed this term in history, aural and theory classes. Some longer answer questions will be used to assess history content only.
Exam Week Friday (19 Oct 2018) 9:30 am AEST
Within the exam period
Exam Week Friday (19 Oct 2018)
Results released with certification of grades.
All assessment criteria are equally weighted:
· Accurate completion of all music theory tasks
· Accurate completion of all aural musicianship tasks.
· Inclusion of all musical requirements.
· Accuracy of information provided for each history question
· Depth of treatment of each response for each history question
No submission method provided.
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Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
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