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Faculty of Education and Arts

School: WA 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 2

  • Unit Code

    DAN2133

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    5

  • Full Year Unit

     Y

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

Introductory studies in the formal structure of music with specific reference to music from a variety of world cultures, western art music, jazz and popular styles. An aurally-based exploration of works from exemplifying varied methods of organisation. The unit also includes practical study of music through percussion performance.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from DAN1033

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. A fundamental understanding of musical theory.
  2. Achieved competent percussion playing.
  3. An ability to work collaboratively with jazz composition students to construct musical/choreographic material.
  4. An extended knowledge of descriptive vocabulary for discussing musical attributes.
  5. Execute rhythmic and spatial precision in performance.
  6. Knowledge of musical structures from specific diatonic-tonal works from world music traditions, western art music, jazz and popular styles.
  7. Knowledge of the contexts of ethnic beliefs and practices in world music.

Unit Content

  1. A wide range of contrasting rhythmic and a-rhythmic structures in class work and performance.
  2. Contextualisation of music from a variety of world cultures, western art music, jazz and popular styles in terms of gender, class, ethnicity and historical change.
  3. Describing musical structures of diatonic-tonal works from world cultures, western art music, jazz and popular styles.
  4. Musical Analytical Methodology.
  5. Musical terminology - definitions and applications.
  6. Presentation of complex culturally specific rhythmic patterns, e.g Indian and Spanish dance.
  7. Rhythmic patterns on percussion instruments.
  8. The characteristics of a variety of styles from a variety of world cultures, western art music, jazz and popular styles, methods of recognition and their articulation.
  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 Exam20%
AssignmentRhythm Choreography Assignment20%
ExerciseRhythm Hand-drum Exercise 20%
PortfolioMusic Resource Folio10%
EssayComposer Essay20%
ExerciseClassroom exercises10%

Text References

  • VIDEOS: Marin, Maguy. (1989) Groosland. NOS/Poorhouse Productions. Netherlands. Peters, Carol. Dance through Time (vols 1 & 2): 500 Years of Social Dance 15th To 19th Centuries.
  • SUGGESTED RECORDINGS FOR ANALYSIS: Medieval Music. The Oxford Anthology of Music. Oxford University Press 164 - Pro Cantoione Antiqua directed by Edgar Fleet. Mozart, Wolfgang. Clarinet Quintet K. 581. Music of the 14th Century Avant Garde. Early Music Consort directed by Christopher Hogwood. Music for Viols. Fretwork. Virgo. Virgin Classics Ltd, London. 1992.
  • SUGGESTED RECORDINGS FOR ANALYSIS: Bach, J.S. Concertos for Harpsichord and Strings. The English Consort directed by Trevor Pinnock. Archiv Produktion. 1981. Luz Y Norte. The Harp Consort directed by Andrew Lawrence-King. Deutsche Harmonia Mundi. 1995.
  • Wade, G. (1981). The shape of music: An introduction to form in classical music. London: Allison and Busby Ltd.
  • Bennett, R. (1980). Form and design in music. New York: Cambridge University Press.
  • Spencer., & Tempko. (1988). A practical approach to the study of form in music. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
  • Teck, K. (1994). Ear training for the body: A dancer's guide to music. New Jersey: Princeton Book Company, Publishers.
  • Bairstow, E. (Ed.). (1972). The evolution of musical form. New York: Cooper Square Publishers.

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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Faculty of Education and Arts

School: WA 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 2

  • Unit Code

    DAN2133

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    5

  • Full Year Unit

     Y

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

Introductory studies in the formal structure of music with specific reference to music from a variety of world cultures, western art music, jazz and popular styles. An aurally-based exploration of works from exemplifying varied methods of organisation. The unit also includes practical study of music through percussion performance.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from DAN1033

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. A fundamental understanding of musical theory.
  2. Achieved competent percussion playing.
  3. An ability to work collaboratively with jazz composition students to construct musical/choreographic material.
  4. An extended knowledge of descriptive vocabulary for discussing musical attributes.
  5. Execute rhythmic and spatial precision in performance.
  6. Knowledge of musical structures from specific diatonic-tonal works from world music traditions, western art music, jazz and popular styles.
  7. Knowledge of the contexts of ethnic beliefs and practices in world music.

Unit Content

  1. A wide range of contrasting rhythmic and a-rhythmic structures in class work and performance.
  2. Contextualisation of music from a variety of world cultures, western art music, jazz and popular styles in terms of gender, class, ethnicity and historical change.
  3. Describing musical structures of diatonic-tonal works from world cultures, western art music, jazz and popular styles.
  4. Musical Analytical Methodology.
  5. Musical terminology - definitions and applications.
  6. Presentation of complex culturally specific rhythmic patterns, e.g Indian and Spanish dance.
  7. Rhythmic patterns on percussion instruments.
  8. The characteristics of a variety of styles from a variety of world cultures, western art music, jazz and popular styles, methods of recognition and their articulation.
  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 Exam20%
AssignmentRhythm Choreography Assignment20%
ExerciseRhythm Hand-drum Exercise 20%
PortfolioMusic Resource Folio10%
EssayComposer Essay20%
ExerciseClassroom exercises10%

Text References

  • VIDEOS: Marin, Maguy. (1989) Groosland. NOS/Poorhouse Productions. Netherlands. Peters, Carol. Dance through Time (vols 1 & 2): 500 Years of Social Dance 15th To 19th Centuries.
  • SUGGESTED RECORDINGS FOR ANALYSIS: Medieval Music. The Oxford Anthology of Music. Oxford University Press 164 - Pro Cantoione Antiqua directed by Edgar Fleet. Mozart, Wolfgang. Clarinet Quintet K. 581. Music of the 14th Century Avant Garde. Early Music Consort directed by Christopher Hogwood. Music for Viols. Fretwork. Virgo. Virgin Classics Ltd, London. 1992.
  • SUGGESTED RECORDINGS FOR ANALYSIS: Bach, J.S. Concertos for Harpsichord and Strings. The English Consort directed by Trevor Pinnock. Archiv Produktion. 1981. Luz Y Norte. The Harp Consort directed by Andrew Lawrence-King. Deutsche Harmonia Mundi. 1995.
  • Wade, G. (1981). The shape of music: An introduction to form in classical music. London: Allison and Busby Ltd.
  • Bennett, R. (1980). Form and design in music. New York: Cambridge University Press.
  • Spencer., & Tempko. (1988). A practical approach to the study of form in music. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
  • Teck, K. (1994). Ear training for the body: A dancer's guide to music. New Jersey: Princeton Book Company, Publishers.
  • Bairstow, E. (Ed.). (1972). The evolution of musical form. New York: Cooper Square Publishers.

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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