Overview
In this unit you will continue to develop your knowledge and understanding of the materials of music derived from both the western art-music tradition and contemporary popular music styles. The unit integrates music theory, sight-reading and aural acuity elements covering introductory aspects of pitch, rhythm, pulse, tempo, articulation, harmony and expression.
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Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisite:- MUSC11394
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).
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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
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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 Moodle
Zoom sessions or classes to focus on assessment.
Staff will provide further assistance for assessment clarification through specific sessions.
- Recognise aural aspects of pitch, rhythm, pulse, tempo, articulation and expression within a variety of music styles derived from the western art-music tradition and contemporary popular music styles at more complex level
- Sight-read more complex rhythmic and melodic phrases derived from the western music tradition
- Complete music writing tasks using more complex elements of music relating to pitch, rhythm, keys, scales, chords and harmony as derived from the western art-music and contemporary popular music styles
- Apply your knowledge of the more complex elements of music relating to pitch, rhythm, keys, scales, chords and harmony to various music writing assignments.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 10% | ||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 10% | ||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 10% | ||||
| 4 - Online Test - 10% | ||||
| 5 - Online Test - 40% | ||||
| 6 - Online Test - 20% | ||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 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 | |||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 10% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 10% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 10% | ||||||||||
| 4 - Online Test - 10% | ||||||||||
| 5 - Online Test - 40% | ||||||||||
| 6 - Online Test - 20% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Professional Music Notation Software (Sibelius, Finale or MuseScore recommended)
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.
p.mckenzie@cqu.edu.au
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Music theory Test Due: Week 11 Friday (1 Oct 2021) 5:00 pm AEST
Aural & Keyboard Due: Week 11 Friday (1 Oct 2021) 5:00 pm AEST
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To enable you to get the best results in this unit, we suggest you purchase Sibelius music notation software. This can be bought in full or on an annual subscription. This will be an important musical software program that you may use throughout your study in the BTheatre.
1 Written Assessment
Music theory worksheet 1 - Music Composition
1. Students will be provided with a 16 bar chord progression.
2. Students will add notes and rhythms to the provided chord progression in order to create the melody.
3. When choosing the notes, students must use chord tones and passing notes (in any combination/order) that align with the provided chord progression.
Week 3 Friday (30 July 2021) 11:59 pm AEST
Upload via moodle
Week 5 Friday (13 Aug 2021)
Results uploaded to Moodle unite site.
All assessment criteria are equally weighted:
- Accurate completion of the piece.
- Correct usage of chord tones/passing notes relating to the given progression.
- Degree of creativity in composing the rhythms.
- Degree of creativity in composing the melody.
- Overall quality of composition.
- Complete music writing tasks using more complex elements of music relating to pitch, rhythm, keys, scales, chords and harmony as derived from the western art-music and contemporary popular music styles
- Apply your knowledge of the more complex elements of music relating to pitch, rhythm, keys, scales, chords and harmony to various music writing assignments.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Technology Competence
2 Written Assessment
Music theory worksheet 2 - Four Part Harmony
- You will be given three 4-part harmony excerpts. You must arrange these pieces into the following instrumental groups:
- Piece 1 : String Quartet (2 violins, Viola & Cello)
- Piece 2: Saxophone Quartet (Soprano, Alto, Tenor & Baritone saxophone)
- Piece 3: Woodwind Quartet (Flute, Oboe, Clarinet & Bassoon)
2. In each arrangement you will:
- Score each voice into individual staves
- Use correct clefs for each instrument
- Transpose the parts into their respective instrument keys
- Score the parts within the appropriate ranges of the instruments
- Add articulations, dynamics and other musical elements to enhance your arrangement
Week 8 Friday (10 Sept 2021) 11:59 pm AEST
Upload via moodle
Week 11 Friday (1 Oct 2021)
Moodle
All assessment criteria are equally weighted:
Each 4-part arrangement will be assessed on the following:
- Accuracy of clefs
- Accuracy of instrument ranges
- Accuracy of transposition in each voice
- Inclusion of dynamics, articulation and other markings
- Overall presentation of score
- Complete music writing tasks using more complex elements of music relating to pitch, rhythm, keys, scales, chords and harmony as derived from the western art-music and contemporary popular music styles
- Apply your knowledge of the more complex elements of music relating to pitch, rhythm, keys, scales, chords and harmony to various music writing assignments.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Technology Competence
3 Written Assessment
Music theory worksheet 3
STEP 1: Students will write a 4 part melody using the provided chord and rhythm template.
Students must use the provided chords and rhythms to create their own melody in 4 part texture CLOSE SCORE. Use diatonic note choices based on the chords only.
STEP 2: Once the 4 part piece has been composed in closed score, students will then move this 4 part melody to OPEN SCORE and transpose accordingly into a standard Woodwind Quartet instrumentation (flute, clarinet, oboe & bassoon). Student must include appropriate musical elements including; dynamics and articulations.
Important details for STEP 2:
- Score each voice into individual staves
- Use correct clefs for each instrument
- Transpose the parts into their respective instrument keys
- Score the parts within the appropriate ranges of the instruments
- Add articulations, dynamics and other musical elements to enhance your arrangement
Week 12 Friday (8 Oct 2021) 11:59 pm AEST
Upload via moodle
Exam Week Friday (22 Oct 2021)
Moodle
The following assessment criteria are equally weighted:
Close Score:
- Ability to use chord tones/ diatonic scale tones relating to the given chords.
- Use of colour tones (7ths, 9ths & 13ths)
- Degree of creativity in composing the melody.
- Inclusion of dynamics, articulation and other musical elements
- Overall presentation of score.
Open Score:
- Accuracy of clefs
- Accuracy of instrument ranges
- Accuracy of transposition in each voice
- Inclusion of dynamics, articulation and other musical elements
- Overall presentation of score
- Complete music writing tasks using more complex elements of music relating to pitch, rhythm, keys, scales, chords and harmony as derived from the western art-music and contemporary popular music styles
- Apply your knowledge of the more complex elements of music relating to pitch, rhythm, keys, scales, chords and harmony to various music writing assignments.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Technology Competence
4 Online Test
Sight-reading test
This test will be conducted individually.
- Clap a rhythm in simple time, 6 - 8 bars long
- Clap a rhythm in compound time, 6 - 8 bars long
- Sing a melody in simple time, 6 - 8 bars long
- Sing a melody in compound time, 6 - 8 bars long
Week 11 Friday (1 Oct 2021) 5:00 pm AEST
Test will be scheduled during week 11
Exam Week Friday (22 Oct 2021)
End of Term
The following assessment criteria are equally weighted:
- Accuracy and fluency of rhythmic sight-reading
- Accuracy and fluency of melodic sight-reading
- Sight-read more complex rhythmic and melodic phrases derived from the western music tradition
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
5 Online Test
Music theory test
This will be a short-answer test on music theory concepts found in the Music Theory workbooks for this unit.
Week 11 Friday (1 Oct 2021) 5:00 pm AEST
Test will be scheduled during week 11
Exam Week Friday (22 Oct 2021)
End of Term
Accurate completion of all music theory tasks.
- Complete music writing tasks using more complex elements of music relating to pitch, rhythm, keys, scales, chords and harmony as derived from the western art-music and contemporary popular music styles
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
6 Online Test
Week 11 Friday (1 Oct 2021) 5:00 pm AEST
Test will be scheduled during week 11
Exam Week Friday (22 Oct 2021)
End of term
Task 1 Criteria:
- Accurate completion of: mode recognition, chord recognition and melodic dictation.
- Accurate performance of major scales, hands together.
- Accurate performance of hands together piano piece.
- Accurately sing and play a song on piano.
- Recognise aural aspects of pitch, rhythm, pulse, tempo, articulation and expression within a variety of music styles derived from the western art-music tradition and contemporary popular music styles at more complex level
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
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