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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

    Allied Arts 1

  • Unit Code

    DAN1033

  • Year

    2016

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    10

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit is an Introduction to studies in the language of Western Music. A wide-ranging style-centred exploration of musical language examining aspects of rhythm, tonality, atonality, metre, tempo, texture, timbre, dynamics and form in the Western Art music tradition from the medieval period until the present.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Appreciate a fundamental understanding of the variable musical dynamics and form found in; Western Art Music, Non-Western Music, Jazz and Popular Music.
  2. Appreciate of aural basis of musical language.
  3. Communicate in the language of major current streams of music/compositional thought.
  4. Develop a descriptive vocabulary for discussing musical attributes.
  5. Execute rhythmic and spatial precision in performance.
  6. Explore the basic relationships between the structures of dance and music.

Unit Content

  1. A wide range of contrasting rhythmic and a-rhythmic structures in class work and performance.
  2. Classical music and traditions from the medieval period to the present in terms of gender, class, ethnicity and historical change.
  3. Definitions of rhythm, tonality/atonality, metre, tempo, texture, dynamics.
  4. Methods of establishing communication and links with musical composer practitioners.
  5. Musical form - types and examples.
  6. Presentation of complex culturally specific rhythmic patterns, eg Indian and Spanish dance.
  7. The characteristics of a variety of styles from the Western Art music tradition - their recognition aurally and principles of articulation.
  8. The methods of analysis of music.
  9. Transforming mathematical structures into meaningful musical phrasing and its integration into performance.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminar discussions. Practical classes. Sound and composition analysis. Individual research and creative processes.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

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.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ExaminationListening Exam40%
PortfolioMusic Resource Folio30%
ReviewWritten Review20%
ExerciseClassroom Activities10%

Text References

  • Broadstock, B Sound Ideas: Australian Composers born since 1950
  • Downs, Philip Anthology of Classical Music
  • Grout, D & Palisca, C A History of Western Music
  • Jenkins, J 22 Contemporary Australian Composers
  • Karmien, Roger Music: An Appreciation
  • Kerman, Joseph Listen, 3rd ed
  • Wright, Craig Listening to Music
  • Turek, Ralph Elements of Music: Concepts and Applications
  • Weiss, P & Taruskin, R Music in the Western World: A History in Documents
  • Wenk, Arthur Analyses of 19th- and 20th C. Music
  • Wilson, David Music of the Middle Ages
  • Winter, Robert Music for our Time
  • Palisca, C ed Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music

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.

DAN1033|1|1

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

    Allied Arts 1

  • Unit Code

    DAN1033

  • Year

    2016

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    10

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit is an Introduction to studies in the language of Western Music. A wide-ranging style-centred exploration of musical language examining aspects of rhythm, tonality, atonality, metre, tempo, texture, timbre, dynamics and form in the Western Art music tradition from the medieval period until the present.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Appreciate a fundamental understanding of the variable musical dynamics and form found in; Western Art Music, Non-Western Music, Jazz and Popular Music.
  2. Appreciate of aural basis of musical language.
  3. Communicate in the language of major current streams of music/compositional thought.
  4. Develop a descriptive vocabulary for discussing musical attributes.
  5. Execute rhythmic and spatial precision in performance.
  6. Explore the basic relationships between the structures of dance and music.

Unit Content

  1. A wide range of contrasting rhythmic and a-rhythmic structures in class work and performance.
  2. Classical music and traditions from the medieval period to the present in terms of gender, class, ethnicity and historical change.
  3. Definitions of rhythm, tonality/atonality, metre, tempo, texture, dynamics.
  4. Methods of establishing communication and links with musical composer practitioners.
  5. Musical form - types and examples.
  6. Presentation of complex culturally specific rhythmic patterns, eg Indian and Spanish dance.
  7. The characteristics of a variety of styles from the Western Art music tradition - their recognition aurally and principles of articulation.
  8. The methods of analysis of music.
  9. Transforming mathematical structures into meaningful musical phrasing and its integration into performance.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminar discussions. Practical classes. Sound and composition analysis. Individual research and creative processes.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

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.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ExaminationListening Exam40%
PortfolioMusic Resource Folio30%
ReviewWritten Review20%
ExerciseClassroom Activities10%

Text References

  • Jenkins, J 22 Contemporary Australian Composers
  • Broadstock, B Sound Ideas: Australian Composers born since 1950
  • Downs, Philip Anthology of Classical Music
  • Grout, D & Palisca, C A History of Western Music
  • Karmien, Roger Music: An Appreciation
  • Kerman, Joseph Listen, 3rd ed
  • Wright, Craig Listening to Music
  • Turek, Ralph Elements of Music: Concepts and Applications
  • Weiss, P & Taruskin, R Music in the Western World: A History in Documents
  • Wenk, Arthur Analyses of 19th- and 20th C. Music
  • Wilson, David Music of the Middle Ages
  • Winter, Robert Music for our Time
  • Palisca, C ed Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music

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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