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 - 2020
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 Students
After completion of this unit I am able to understand theory basics that I have failed to grasp from previous tuition.
Continue teaching the unit as is.
- 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 - First Nations Knowledges | |||
| 11 - 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 | 11 | |
| 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 7th Edition (APA 7th edition)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
m.p.price@cqu.edu.au
Week 1
Begin Date: 13 Jul 2020Module/Topic
Functional Harmony
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Week 2
Begin Date: 20 Jul 2020Module/Topic
Modulation
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Week 3
Begin Date: 27 Jul 2020Module/Topic
Writing a Chord Progression
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Week 4
Begin Date: 03 Aug 2020Module/Topic
Chord Chart Basics
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Week 5
Begin Date: 10 Aug 2020Module/Topic
Minor Scales Continued
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Vacation Week
Begin Date: 17 Aug 2020Module/Topic
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Week 6
Begin Date: 24 Aug 2020Module/Topic
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Week 7
Begin Date: 31 Aug 2020Module/Topic
Assessment 1
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Week 8
Begin Date: 07 Sep 2020Module/Topic
Melody writing
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Week 9
Begin Date: 14 Sep 2020Module/Topic
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Week 10
Begin Date: 21 Sep 2020Module/Topic
Secondary dominant 7th's
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Week 11
Begin Date: 28 Sep 2020Module/Topic
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Week 12
Begin Date: 05 Oct 2020Module/Topic
Assessment 2
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Review/Exam Week
Begin Date: 12 Oct 2020Module/Topic
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Exam Week
Begin Date: 19 Oct 2020Module/Topic
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1 In-class Test(s)
Practical aural and written theory exam on material covered in weeks 1-3.
Duration 45 minutes
Week 4 Friday (7 Aug 2020) 5:00 pm AEST
Week 5 Friday (14 Aug 2020)
Aural component. Accurate performance of all aural components 30%
Theory component. Correct answers to written questions 70%
- Develop your performance skills on your chosen instrument in solo and collaborative contexts.
- Communication
- Team Work
2 In-class Test(s)
Practical aural and written theory exam on material covered in weeks 1-6.
Duration 1 hour
Week 7 Friday (4 Sept 2020) 5:00 pm AEST
Week 8 Friday (11 Sept 2020)
Aural component. Accurate performance of all aural components 30%
Theory component. Correct answers to written questions 70%
- 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.
- Critical Thinking
3 In-class Test(s)
Practical aural and written theory exam on material covered in weeks 1-8.
Duration 1 hour
Week 9 Friday (18 Sept 2020) 5:00 pm AEST
Week 10 Friday (25 Sept 2020)
Aural component. Accurate performance of all aural components 30%
Theory component. Correct answers to written questions 70%
- Develop your performance skills on your chosen instrument in solo and collaborative contexts.
- Communication
- Team Work
4 In-class Test(s)
Practical aural and written theory exam on material covered in weeks 1-11.
Duration 1 hour
Week 12 Friday (9 Oct 2020) 5:00 pm AEST
Review/Exam Week Friday (16 Oct 2020)
Aural component. Accurate performance of all aural components 30%
Theory component. Correct answers to written questions 70%
- 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.
- Critical Thinking
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