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Music Language 2: Chromaticism & Beyond (MUSI20061)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Summer Term
Semester 2
Overview
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Building on the knowledge acquired in Music Language 1, Music Language 2 continues with a survey of chromatic harmony, select thematic and contrapuntal devices, and form, up to the beginnings of the dissolution of functional harmony in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Students will be expected to demonstrate their understanding of voice leading and harmonic function through regular assignments which will include analysis, chord construction, the writing of two-part contrapuntal textures and four-part chromatic harmonic textures (Bach-style chorales).
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- identify, analyse, and discuss chromatic harmonic structures including harmonic progressions, functions, and modulations as well as the chromatic movement in individual voices
- identify and analyse contrapuntal and thematic structures
- identify, analyse, and discuss common formal structures
- demonstrate an understanding of the subject matter by composing material based on a variety of harmonic, thematic or contrapuntal devices
- develop a wide-ranging harmonic, thematic, and structural vocabulary which can be used in a variety of compositional idioms
Generic skills
Students who have studied this subject should further develop and enhance:
- analytical skills
- skills in more advanced evaluative thinking, and in the application of complex theoretical criteria to a variety of practical outcomes
Last updated: 27 April 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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MUSI10023 | Music Language 1: the Diatonic World |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
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12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 27 April 2024
Assessment
Additional details
Summer Term
- Five written assignments comprising analytical and compositional tasks (equivalent to 400-500 words each), due weekly (weeks 2-6) (60%)
- One 90-minute final written examination (equivalent to 1,000 words), end of term (30%)
- One 50-minute, in-class Listening Test (equivalent to 500-600 words), end of term (10%)
Hurdle requirement:
- Students must complete all assessment requirements to pass the subject.
Semester
- Ten written assignments comprising analytical and compositional tasks (equivalent to 200-250 words each), throughout semester (weeks 3-12) (60%)
- One 90-minute final written examination (equivalent to 1,000 words), examination period (30%)
- One 50-minute in-class Listening Test (equivalent to 500-600 words), end of semester (10%)
Hurdle requirement:
- Students must complete all assessment requirements to pass the subject.
Last updated: 27 April 2024
Dates & times
- Summer Term
Principal coordinator Linda Kouvaras Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Summer Term: 36 hours, comprising four hours of lectures and two hours of tutorials per week. Semester: 36 hours, comprising two 1-hour lectures and one 1-hour tutorial per week. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 3 January 2017 to 17 February 2017 Last self-enrol date 12 January 2017 Census date 13 January 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 February 2017 Assessment period ends 25 February 2017 Summer Term contact information
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Linda Kouvaras Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Summer Term: 36 hours, comprising four hours of lectures and two hours of tutorials per week. Semester: 36 hours, comprising two 1-hour lectures and one 1-hour tutorial per week. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 24 July 2017 to 22 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2017 Census date 31 August 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2017 Assessment period ends 17 November 2017 Semester 2 contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 27 April 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Edward Aldwell and Carl Schachter. Harmony and Voice Leading, 4th edition, New York: Thomson Schirmer, 2003 or 2011.
Kent Kennan, Counterpoint 4th edition, Prentice Hall, 1999.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Graduate Diploma in Music Course Diploma in Music Course Graduate Diploma in Music (Practical Music) Major Musicology/Ethnomusicology Stream Major Composition Stream Major Performance Stream Informal specialisation Performance/ Composition/ Musicology/ Ethnomusicology Specialisation Breadth Track Studies in music composition and music language - Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Last updated: 27 April 2024