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 740-013 Musicianship

Note

This subject is only available to students enrolled in the extended B Mus.

Credit Points

6.25

HECS Band

1

Prerequisites

A grade of B or higher in the B Mus audition, a pass in the Faculty musicianship and aural test and a minimum IELTS score of 5.5.

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

This subject is only available to students enrolled in the extended B Mus

Subject Description

This subject consolidates the aural and written skills essential to the study of Western music and includes a review of basic theoretical concepts, sight singing, recognition and dictation of diatonic melodies, intervals, chords and cadences, a review of rudimentary theoretical concepts, melody writing and an introduction to the writing of two and four part textures in short phrases of four bars

Assessment

Regular aural tests (20%); regular written projects (20%); end-of-semester aural test (20%) and an end-of-semester -hour written examination in music theory (40%)

Prescribed Texts
  • Leo Craft, Gradus: An Integrated Approach to Harmony, Counterpoint and Analysis. Norton, 1976.
  • Sol Berkowitz and L Kraft, A New Approach to Sight-Singing. Norton, 1960.
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