Overview
Building on your knowledge from Language of Modern Music 1, you will further develop your skills and knowledge of the language of modern music as derived from both the western art-music tradition and contemporary popular music styles. You will study music theory elements covering introductory aspects of pitch, rhythm, pulse, tempo, articulation, harmony and expression. You will apply this knowledge in a range of activities applicable to this study.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisite: MUSC11405 Language of Modern Music 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 - 2021
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.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
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 Moodle
To incorporate contemporary theory content.
In 2021, The LOMM suite will undergo curriculum enhancements to incorporate contemporary theory concepts.
- Complete more complex music writing tasks using the elements of music relating to pitch, rhythm, keys, scales, chords, harmony and elementary arranging as derived from the western art-music tradition and contemporary popular music styles
- Apply your knowledge of the elements of music relating to pitch, rhythm, keys, scales, chords, harmony and elementary arranging to various music writing assignments.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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1 - Written Assessment - 15% | ||
2 - Written Assessment - 15% | ||
3 - Written Assessment - 15% | ||
4 - Online Test - 55% |
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |
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1 | 2 | |
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
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
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2 - Written Assessment - 15% | ||||||||||
3 - Written Assessment - 15% | ||||||||||
4 - Online Test - 55% |
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Professional Music Notation Software (Sibelius, Finale or MuseScore recommended)
- Auralia/Musition software
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
s.rozekrans@cqu.edu.au
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Topic 1 - Chord function
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Topic 2 - Texture and chord spacing
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Topic 3 - Cadences
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Topic 4 - Writing cadences in 4 part texture
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Topic 5 - Writing cadences in 4 part texture
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Topic 6 - Analysing harmony
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Topic 7 - Analysing modulation
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Topic 7 - Analysing modulation
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Topic 8 - Melodies and dissonance
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Topic 9 - Secondary dominants
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All students are required to purchase a student Auralia/Musition cloud license. This license will give you access to the Auralia and Musition programs. These two programs will be used to facilitate the music theory content and assessment for Term 2 in Language of Modern Music 2 (LOMM2). These programs are interconnected and can be used on any computer and/or other devices with internet.
The cost of Auralia/Musition, is $59 for a 12 months access. To purchase this software, you must enter the software website through the designated link in the LOMM2 Moodle site. This will register you as a CQU Musition student. You cannot sign up without going through Moodle. The instructions and details will be available on the Moodle site prior to term commencing. The Unit Coordinator will also email all students further instructions. If you purchased this software in Term 1, 2021 you will still be under your 1 year subscription.
Any questions, please contact p.mckenzie@cqu.edu.au
Music notation software:
It is strongly encouraged that students purchase the music notation software Sibelius to complete the assessments in this unit. Sibelius can be purchased in full or by annual subscription. The Moodle unit site contains the relevant purchase/set up information. Any questions, please contact the unit coordinator Peter McKenzie: p.mckenzie@cqu.edu.au
1 Written Assessment
Worksheet 1 - Composition
Task:
1. You will be provided with a 16 bar chord progression.
2. You must add notes and rhythms to the provided chord progression in order to compose a melody.
3. When choosing the notes, you can use chord tones and passing notes (in any order or combination) that align with the provided chord progression.
Week 3 Friday (30 July 2021) 11:59 pm AEST
Upload to Moodle unit site
Week 5 Friday (13 Aug 2021)
Moodle unit site
All assessment criteria are:
- Accurate completion of the piece.
- Correct usage of chord tones/scale tones relating to the given progression.
- Degree of creativity in composing the rhythmic structure.
- Degree of creativity in composing the melodic structure.
- Overall quality of composition.
- Apply your knowledge of the elements of music relating to pitch, rhythm, keys, scales, chords, harmony and elementary arranging to various music writing assignments.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Technology Competence
2 Written Assessment
Worksheet 2 - Arranging
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You will be given three 4-part harmony excerpts. You must arrange these pieces into:
- 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)
In each arrangement you must:
- 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 7 Friday (3 Sept 2021) 11:59 pm AEST
Upload to Moodle unit site
Week 9 Friday (17 Sept 2021)
Moodle unit site
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
- Apply your knowledge of the elements of music relating to pitch, rhythm, keys, scales, chords, harmony and elementary arranging to various music writing assignments.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Technology Competence
3 Written Assessment
Worksheet 3: Four part harmony composition and transposition
Task:
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. The 4 part texture must use diatonic note choices based on the chords only. This will include specific colour tones such as the 7ths, 9ths and 13ths.
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). Students 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 11 Friday (1 Oct 2021) 11:59 pm AEST
Upload to Moodle unit site
Exam Week Friday (22 Oct 2021)
Moodle unit site
Assessment criteria
Close Score:
- Ability to use chord tones/ diatonic passing notes 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
- Apply your knowledge of the elements of music relating to pitch, rhythm, keys, scales, chords, harmony and elementary arranging to various music writing assignments.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Technology Competence
4 Online Test
Music theory test. This assessment will consist of music theory questions relating to the work covered in the topics of the unit.
The test will be completed online using the Musition software.
Review/Exam Week Friday (15 Oct 2021) 5:00 pm AEST
Test to be completed through the Musitio software
Exam Week Friday (22 Oct 2021)
Students will receive the results at the end of the term through the Moodle unit site.
Accurate completion of all music theory tasks.
- Complete more complex music writing tasks using the elements of music relating to pitch, rhythm, keys, scales, chords, harmony and elementary arranging as derived from the western art-music tradition and contemporary popular music styles
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Information Technology Competence
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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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What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
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