School: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Develop skills in analysis of functional harmony
  • Unit Code

    CUAMLT403
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Nominal Hours

    55
  • Full Year Unit

    Y
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr Stewart James SMITH

Description

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to understand and use functional harmony. It applies to individuals who incorporate into their own practice a working knowledge of functional harmony and related theoretical language of music. They may be working as musicians, songwriters or music producers. No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

Elements

  • 1. Clarify requirements for analysis
  • 2. Identify theoretical elements of music
  • 3. Analyse the contribution of functional harmony to performance and compositional outcomes
  • 4. Finalise analyses and harmonisations

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to: - complete at least three harmonic analyses - harmonise at least three musical extracts using functional harmony and appropriate conventions of music writing and terminology. Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided at least once.

Knowledge Evidence

To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must: - describe how to deconstruct musical examples into theoretical components for analysis - describe elements of functional harmony - summarise methods used for analysis of functional harmony - describe the contribution of harmony to selected musical compositions and performances.

Assessment

Assessment must be conducted in a safe environment where evidence gathered demonstrates consistent performance of typical activities experienced in creative arts industry environments. The assessment environment must include access to: - printed scores, recorded performances and notation tools - excerpts for harmonisation. Assessors of this unit must satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational educational and training legislation, frameworks and/or standards.

Assessment

GS5 VET GRADING SCHEMA Used for WAAPA VET only

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Develop skills in analysis of functional harmony
  • Unit Code

    CUAMLT403
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Nominal Hours

    55
  • Full Year Unit

    Y
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Stewart James SMITH

Description

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to understand and use functional harmony. It applies to individuals who incorporate into their own practice a working knowledge of functional harmony and related theoretical language of music. They may be working as musicians, songwriters or music producers. No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

Elements

  • 1. Clarify requirements for analysis
  • 2. Identify theoretical elements of music
  • 3. Analyse the contribution of functional harmony to performance and compositional outcomes
  • 4. Finalise analyses and harmonisations

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to: - complete at least three harmonic analyses - harmonise at least three musical extracts using functional harmony and appropriate conventions of music writing and terminology. Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided at least once.

Knowledge Evidence

To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must: - describe how to deconstruct musical examples into theoretical components for analysis - describe elements of functional harmony - summarise methods used for analysis of functional harmony - describe the contribution of harmony to selected musical compositions and performances.

Assessment

Assessment must be conducted in a safe environment where evidence gathered demonstrates consistent performance of typical activities experienced in creative arts industry environments. The assessment environment must include access to: - printed scores, recorded performances and notation tools - excerpts for harmonisation. Assessors of this unit must satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational educational and training legislation, frameworks and/or standards.

Assessment

GS5 VET GRADING SCHEMA Used for WAAPA VET only

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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