Overview
In this unit you will continue your study of fundamental popular music theory including pitch and rhythmic notation, pulse, meter, harmony and the musical forms used in popular music. You will consider the schools of harmonic composition in popular music and how harmony interacts with melody. You will learn to aurally identify harmonic, melodic and rhythmic concepts and transcribe them where appropriate using music notation software. You will also develop your performance skills on your chosen instrument in solo and collaborative contexts.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisite: CART11003 Popular Music 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 - 2019
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
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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You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Staff
Significant content in the unit.
Reduce the unit from history, theory and aural to just theory and aural.
- Complete music writing tasks using the more advanced rudiments of music relating to pitch, rhythm, keys, scales, harmony and chords as derived from contemporary popular music styles.
- Aurally identify and transcribe more advanced harmonic, melodic and rhythmic concepts as it applies to popular music genres.
- Develop your performance skills on your chosen instrument in solo and collaborative contexts.
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 - In-class Test(s) - 35% | |||
| 4 - In-class Test(s) - 35% | |||
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 - In-class Test(s) - 35% | ||||||||||
| 4 - In-class Test(s) - 35% | ||||||||||
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.
m.p.price@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Theory; Functional harmonic analysis.
Aural; Melodic and harmonic dictation in major key.
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Theory; Modulation.
Aural; Melodic and harmonic dictation in major key.
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Theory; Principles of chord progression writing.
Aural; Melodic and harmonic dictation in major key.
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Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Theory; Minor scales.
Aural; Melodic dictation in minor key.
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Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Theory; Minor scales continued
Aural; Melodic dictation in minor key.
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Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Theory exam based on topics 1-4.
Aural exam based on material covered this semester.
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Events and Submissions/Topic
IN-CLASS AURAL MUSICIANSHIP TEST - WEEK 6 Due: Week 6 Friday (30 Aug 2019) 11:45 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Theory, Minor key harmony.
Aural, Melodic and harmonic dictation in minor key.
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Theory, Minor key harmony continued
Aural, Melodic and harmonic dictation in minor key.
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Theory, Numeric melodic analysis
Aural, melodic, and rhythmic dictation in major and minor.
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Theory, Blues harmony and scales.
Aural, Melodic and harmonic dictation based on the blues
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Theory, Blues harmony and scales continued.
Aural, Melodic and harmonic dictation based on the blues
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Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Written theory exam covering material from term 1 and 2
Aural exam covering material from term 1 and 2
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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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: Functional roman numeral analysis, modulation, minor scales.
Week 6 Friday (30 Aug 2019) 5:00 pm AEST
Week 7 Friday (6 Sept 2019)
Accurate completion of all music theory tasks. 100%
- 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: Melodic and harmonic dictation in major and minor keys.
Week 6 Friday (30 Aug 2019) 11:45 pm AEST
Week 7 Friday (6 Sept 2019)
Accurate completion of all aural musicianship tasks. 100%
- 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
Write two separate, contrasting 16 bar chord progressions
Supply a Roman Numerals analysis for each chord.
Supply a tempo and feel indication for each progression.
Supply a written description of the root movement used.
Chord progressions can be neatly hand-written or computer generated (eg. Musescore) and submitted as a pdf.
Week 10 Friday (27 Sept 2019) 11:45 pm AEST
Due Friday Week 10
Week 12 Friday (11 Oct 2019)
Returned within 2 weeks
Appropriate use of root movement 30%
Appropriate use of harmonic rhythm 30%
Correct roman numeral analysis 20%
Clear presentation 20%
- 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 aural and theory classes.
Week 12 Friday (11 Oct 2019) 11:45 pm AEST
Week 12
Review/Exam Week Monday (14 Oct 2019)
Results released with certification of grades.
· Accurate completion of all music theory tasks 75%
· Accurate completion of all aural musicianship tasks. 25%
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