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| Module Availability |
Semester 1 |
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| Assessment Pattern |
Coursework 1: an essay of not more than 1,500 words - 40%
Coursework 2: an essay of not more than 2,000 words. - 60%
You will need to achieve a weighted aggregate mark of 40%. |
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| Module Overview |
| The purpose of this module is to explore the analysis of those musical domains pertinent to recorded popular song. |
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| Prerequisites/Co-requisites |
For BMus: none.
For BMus (Tonmeister): Understanding Music A.
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| Module Aims |
| The principal aim of the module is to enable you to develop specific techniques for the analysis of recorded popular song and to exhibit those techniques in relation to specific repertory items. The secondary aim is to lay the groundwork for the hermeneutic approach adopted in Rock Track Poetics, at HE3. |
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| Learning Outcomes |
On successful completion of the module, you should be able to:
• Produce an analysis of any track falling within the repertory range of the module.
• Utilise both discursive and diagrammatic approaches where relevant.
• Offer alternative readings where pertinent.
Transferable Skills:
• Self-reflective attitude towards your own learning.
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| Module Content |
| A series of classes addressing, in turn, analysis of the musical domains which constitute the analysand, i.e. metre and rhythm, form and harmony, texture and the soundbox, the voice, melody and lyric. |
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| Methods of Teaching/Learning |
| Informal lectures, listening sessions, brief student presentations. |
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| Selected Texts/Journals |
Compulsory Reading:
Moore, Allan F.,forthcoming: Song Means (under contract to Ashgate – pre-publication draft temporarily available on online resources).
Recommended Reading:
Everett, Walter, 2009: The Foundations of Rock (Oxford: Oxford University Press).
Tagg, Philip, 2009: Everyday Tonality (New York NY: MMMSP).
Moore, Allan F. (ed.), 2003: Analyzing Popular Music (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press).
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| Last Updated |
| 11.04.11 |
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