| Title: | Core Musicianship Skills 1 |
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| Long Title: | Core Musicianship Skills 1 |
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| Field of Study: |
Music & Performing Arts
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| Valid From: |
Semester 1 - 2016/17 ( September 2016 ) |
| Module Coordinator: |
MARIA JUDGE |
| Module Author: |
SUSAN O REGAN |
| Module Description: |
This module provides a foundation in basic musicianship skills, developing vocal and keyboard skills as communicative tools, building notational fluency, and developing aural and written analytical skills. |
| Learning Outcomes |
| On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to: |
| LO1 |
Sight-read vocal and rhythmic pieces in one and two parts |
| LO2 |
Identify and reproduce features of a given musical passage. |
| LO3 |
Analyse simple pieces of music into their constituent elements. |
| LO4 |
Manipulate basic musical structures in written form, and in vocal and keyboard improvisation. |
| LO5 |
Demonstrate keyboard facility appropriate to his/her profile |
| LO6 |
Demonstrate a knowledge and application of the rudiments of music |
| Pre-requisite learning |
Module Recommendations
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is strongly recommended before enrolment in this module. You may enrol in this module if you have not acquired the recommended learning but you will have considerable difficulty in passing (i.e. achieving the learning outcomes of) the module. While the prior learning is expressed as named MTU module(s) it also allows for learning (in another module or modules) which is equivalent to the learning specified in the named module(s).
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Incompatible Modules
These are modules which have learning outcomes that are too similar to the learning outcomes of this module. You may not earn additional credit for the same learning and therefore you may not enrol in this module if you have successfully completed any modules in the incompatible list. |
| No incompatible modules listed |
Co-requisite Modules
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| No Co-requisite modules listed |
Requirements
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is mandatory before enrolment in this module is allowed. You may not enrol on this module if you have not acquired the learning specified in this section.
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| This module is part of a restricted access course. Students should have passed the BMus Degree entrance test or equivalent. |
Module Content & Assessment
| Indicative Content |
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Aural skills
An introduction to tonic solfa as a sight-singing tool; elementary sight-singing in one and two parts in major and minor keys and in pentatony; improvisation on pentatonic and basic tonal melodic patterns, memorisation, aural analysis and notation of folk melodies and short canons.
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Notation and Terminology
An introduction to scales, keys, key relationships, clefs, modes, chord structures and music terminology.
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Keyboard skills
This programme develops a variety of keyboard skills - including sight-reading, harmonisation of melodies, transposition and improvisation to a level appropriate to each student's profile
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Analysis
An introduction to principles of form as exemplified in eighteenth-century small-scale pieces.
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| Assessment Breakdown | % |
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| Course Work | 68.00% |
| End of Module Formal Examination | 32.00% |
| Course Work |
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| Assessment Type |
Assessment Description |
Outcome addressed |
% of total |
Assessment Date |
| Practical/Skills Evaluation |
Aural skills |
1,2,3,6 |
30.0 |
Every Week |
| Practical/Skills Evaluation |
Keyboard Skills Assessment |
4,5 |
18.0 |
Every Week |
| Short Answer Questions |
Rudiments of music |
6 |
20.0 |
Week 8 |
| End of Module Formal Examination |
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| Assessment Type |
Assessment Description |
Outcome addressed |
% of total |
Assessment Date |
| Formal Exam |
End-of-Semester Final Examination |
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32.0 |
End-of-Semester |
| Reassessment Requirement |
Repeat examination
Reassessment of this module will consist of a repeat examination. It is possible that there will also be a requirement to be reassessed in a coursework element.
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The institute reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment
Module Workload
| Workload: Full Time |
| Workload Type |
Workload Description |
Hours |
Frequency |
Average Weekly Learner Workload |
| Lab |
Piano lab |
1.0 |
Every Week |
1.00 |
| Tutorial |
Aural skills |
1.0 |
Every Week |
1.00 |
| Tutorial |
Analysis, notation and terminology |
0.5 |
Every Week |
0.50 |
| Lecture |
Analysis, notation and terminology |
2.0 |
Every Week |
2.00 |
| Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) |
Study, practice |
2.5 |
Every Week |
2.50 |
| Total Hours |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Learner Workload |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Contact Hours |
4.50 |
| This module has no Part Time workload. |
Module Resources
| Recommended Book Resources |
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- Kent D. Cleland, Mary Dobrea-Grindahl 2015, Developing Musicianship through Aural Skills: A Holistic Approach to Sight-singing and Ear Training, 2nd ed. Ed., Routledge [ISBN: 9780415855211]
- David Bowman, Paul Terry 1993, Aural Matters; a Student's Guide to Aural Perception at Advanced Level, Schott London [ISBN: 094653221]
- Kenneth Simpson 1963, Keyboard Harmony and Improvisation, Legnick
| | Supplementary Book Resources |
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- Sol Berkowitz, Gabriel Fontrier, Leo Kraft, Perry Goldstein, Edward Smaldone 2011, A New Approach to Sight-singing, 5th ed. Ed., Norton New York [ISBN: 9780393911503]
- Allen Brings, et al 1979, A New Approach to Keyboard Harmony, Norton New York [ISBN: 0393950018]
- George Pratt 1998, Aural Awareness, Oxford University Press Milton Keynes [ISBN: 019879021X]
| | This module does not have any article/paper resources |
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| This module does not have any other resources |
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