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This course offers an excellent introduction to electronic music. Surveying not only early electronic music from academic and research institutions, but also more commercial and underground noise music scenes that have thrived over the last several decades since the 1980s, the compositional course offers students with an opportunity to delve into the world of beeps and blips, high pulse electronic noises or gently sweeping ambient soundscapes using contemporary music and sound technologies.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 3 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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One or more of these courses have a limited number of places. Priority access will be given to students for whom this course is compulsory. Please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions for more details on this process.
This electronic music composition course focuses on electronic music that lives both in academic and commercial music scenes. Using current music and sound hardware and software that the music department’s electronic music studio offers, the students will develop compositional and live performance skills. Specifically, the students will create a portfolio of electronic compositions in different style and work with a small group to develop and perform a live set based on the skill set and compositional strategies that the course encourages them to establish.
After the successful completion of the course, the students will:
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 70 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 35 | Feedback Weeks | 39 | |
| Feedback |
A portfolio of electronic music compositions with a reflective commentary (1,500 words) |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Analyse | Be able to listen and critique electronic music with a critical, culturally- and genre-informed perspective on the practice. |
| Conceptual | Understand | Be able to have a practical knowledge and understanding of electronic music making. |
| Procedural | Create | Be able to create and perform live electronic music as a group using prepared sound materials and/or through live coding techniques. |
| Reflection | Evaluate | Be able to have a comprehensive understanding of electronic music hardware and software that is required for them to continue working as a successful electronic musician. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 30 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 41 | Feedback Weeks | 44 | |
| Feedback |
Length: 10 minutes |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Analyse | Be able to listen and critique electronic music with a critical, culturally- and genre-informed perspective on the practice. |
| Conceptual | Understand | Be able to have a practical knowledge and understanding of electronic music making. |
| Procedural | Create | Be able to create and perform live electronic music as a group using prepared sound materials and/or through live coding techniques. |
| Reflection | Evaluate | Be able to have a comprehensive understanding of electronic music hardware and software that is required for them to continue working as a successful electronic musician. |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 49 | Feedback Weeks | 51 | |
| Feedback |
Instructor’s written feedback |
Word Count | 3000 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Understand | Be able to have a practical knowledge and understanding of electronic music making. |
| Conceptual | Analyse | Be able to listen and critique electronic music with a critical, culturally- and genre-informed perspective on the practice. |
| Procedural | Create | Be able to create and perform live electronic music as a group using prepared sound materials and/or through live coding techniques. |
| Reflection | Evaluate | Be able to have a comprehensive understanding of electronic music hardware and software that is required for them to continue working as a successful electronic musician. |
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