Aural Studies 2

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2015:

60 hours

MUSI10204 Aural Studies 1 or permission of the coordinator.

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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Building on knowledge and skills developed in Aural Studies 1, students will participate in a program of lectures, tutorials and assessments to further develop the musical literacies necessary to the professional musician. In addition to a graded program of exercises to develop the student’s own musicianship, the lectures will present aspects of the various aural methodologies in use today.

On completion of this subject, students should:

• be able to read and sing while conducting basic patterns diatonic melodies, countermelodies, and bass lines with greater facility
• be able to read and perform rhythms, including compound meters and subdivisions with greater facility
• be able to transcribe diatonic melodies, countermelodies, bass lines, rhythms and chord progressions with greater facility
• be developing the capacity for aural analysis of works at an advancing level
• be developing a critical awareness of the various aural methodologies in common usage today

• Viva voce – 3 prepared rhythm and 3 solfege examples: Assessed during tutorials, throughout the semester (20%)
• 4 transcription and identification tasks: Assessed during tutorials, throughout the semester (20%)
• Performance of rhythm and singing at sight – 5 minutes: Exam Period (20%)
• Written exam identification and transcription tasks – 90 mins: Exam Period (30%)
• Active participation in tutorial activities: Ongoing (10%)

Course materials will be available via the LMS

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

On completion of this subject, students should have developed:

• analytical skills
• skills in evaluative thinking, and in the application of theoretical criteria to practical outcomes
• skills in cooperation and communication