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| Module Availability |
Run once, throughout the academic year |
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Units of Assessment
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Weighting Towards Module Mark (%)
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Coursework
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(100% of total assessment)
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Qualifying Conditions
- A portfolio of analytical assignments, including individual and group assignments, from throughout the term (30%)
- A portfolio of compositional assignments, including individual and group assignments, from throughout the term (30%)
- A final project combining analytical and compositional elements (40%)
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| Module Overview |
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| Module Aims |
To instil the principles of harmony relevant across a range of popular music genres. |
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| Learning Outcomes |
On completion of this module, you should be able to:
- Create adequate pastiches of the main styles of popular music in terms of harmony, texture and form;
- Adequately incorporate harmonic, melodic, and formal elements of popular songs into different styles
- Formally parse and functionally analyse the harmony of basic examples of music
- Aurally recognize and identify primary and secondary musical characteristics of examples drawn from a range of popular music styles
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| Module Content |
This module covers the main principles of popular music harmony and the ways in which harmony and melody are used within recursive popular music structures. The module balances a combination of theoretical, musicological, and compositional work. |
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| Methods of Teaching/Learning |
20 one-hour lectures and supporting tutorials.
The lectures will include theoretical, historical, and practical demonstrations of harmonic theory. Students will be expected to complete weekly aural, written, and/or compositional tasks. |
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| Selected Texts/Journals |
Moore A, 2002: Rock: The Primary Text (Aldershot: Ashgate)
Starr L and Waterman C, 2003: American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MTV (Oxford)
Other reading will be indicated during the course of this module |
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| Last Updated |
25.07.07 |
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