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Applied Aural Musicianship 4 (MUSI30255)
Undergraduate level 3Points: 6.25On Campus (Southbank)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Please refer to the LMS for up-to-date subject information, including assessment and participation requirements, for subjects being offered in 2020.
Overview
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This subject follows on from Applied Aural Musicianship 3. It develops advanced musical hearing, focusing on atonal and non-triadic materials, and the intersection between acoustic and synthetic sound types. Students determine their own pathways, concentrating on skills most relevant to their individual needs and interests. Learning activities include specialized keyboard lab sessions, lectures, tutorial workshops, and varied online experiences through which students will be supported in developing their overall aural abilities.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- read and sing complex melodies, countermelodies, arpeggiation of chord progressions, and bass lines using a variety of naming systems and solmizations;
- read and perform complex rhythmic patterns, including various compound times and changing meters, tuplets, and unusual subdivisions using both non-pitched means and rhythm solmization;
- memorize, transcribe, and analyze melodies, rhythms, chord progressions, countermelodies and basslines in a variety of contexts including modal and alternative tonalities;
- analyse sophisticated musical and sonic properties such as tuning, detailed harmonic functions and timbral characteristics.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
Elementary music theory: AMEB Level 6, or a good understanding of Chapters 1-20 of Stephen G. Laitz’s “The Complete Musician”. OR Applied Aural Musicianship 3 (MUSI20160).
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: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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4 Customised Online Tests (10% x 4) Requiring approximately 20 hours of work in total
| Throughout the teaching period | 40% |
Practical Assignment 1 - application of chosen skills to topics covered in weeks 1 to 3
| Week 3 | 12.5% |
Practical Assignment 2 - application of chosen skills to topics covered in weeks 4 to 6
| Week 6 | 12.5% |
Practical Assignment 3 - application of chosen skills to topics covered in weeks 7 to 9
| Week 9 | 12.5% |
Practical Assignment 4 - application of chosen skills to topics covered in weeks 9 to 12
| During the assessment period | 12.5% |
Preparation for and participation in in‐class exercises, demonstrating skill development over time. | Throughout the teaching period | 10% |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Melody Eotvos Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 24 hours Total time commitment 80 hours Teaching period 3 August 2020 to 1 November 2020 Last self-enrol date 14 August 2020 Census date 21 September 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 October 2020 Assessment period ends 27 November 2020
Time commitment details
56 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Diploma in Music Course Graduate Diploma in Music Informal specialisation Performance/ Composition/ Musicology/ Ethnomusicology
Last updated: 3 November 2022