MU2523: ANALYSING MUSIC (2023-2024)

Last modified: 05 Oct 2023 08:46

Course Overview

Students will develop a critical awareness of form and structure in music by studying various approaches to musical analysis. The course will draw on a range of analytical methods and musical genres, such as functional harmony and classical form, pitch-class set theory, rhetoric in music, and computer-aided analysis.

Course Details

Study Type	Undergraduate	Level	2
Term	Second Term	Credit Points	15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus	Aberdeen	Sustained Study	No
Co-ordinators	Professor Chris Collins

Qualification Prerequisites

Either Programme Level 1 or Programme Level 2

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

Any Undergraduate Programme
One of MU1037 Introduction to Music Theory and Harmony (Passed) or MU1038 Music, Theory and Harmony (Passed) or MU1557 Introduction to Music Theory and Harmony (Passed)
Music (MU)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

Course Description

Course Aims

The aim of this course is to develop a critical awareness of form and structure in music both aurally and by means of studying various approaches to musical analysis.

Main Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, students will:

have developed an aural awareness of musical form and a sense of the way music is structured in various genres
have a knowledge and understanding of a variety of analytical methods
be able to engage critically with methods of analysis
be able to relate musical analysis to music as an aural phenomenon
be able to carry out an analysis of a musical work, both in contributions to seminars and in the form of an essay or graphical analysis
be able to recognise and describe musical organisation by studying a written score.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers

Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Portfolio

Assessment Type	Summative	Weighting	100
Assessment Weeks		Feedback Weeks		Look up Week Numbers
Feedback	Oral feedback will be provided on contribution to seminars. Written feedback will be given on written work, including annotations or scripts and feedback forms.

Learning Outcomes

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Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome
Factual	Remember	ILO’s for this course are available in the course guide.