MUSI1731
10 units
1000 level
Course handbook
Description
This course develops an understanding of musical and performing arts vocabularies, representation, and communication, focusing on texture and timbre and their various developments in historical and cultural contexts. Students will apply these tools analytically and creatively towards works in various genres and eras. The course teaches students to be active and analytical listeners of sound events, textures, and musical gestures, using examples from diverse cultures, genres, historical periods and styles including innovations in music and performance technology.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Newcastle City Precinct
- Semester 2 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Identify and explain the use of timbre and texture in a variety of musical styles and eras;
2. Recognise, create and analyse significant sonic structures with respect to timbre and texture;
3. Demonstrate the ability to communicate about music and performing arts;
4. Apply technology in the analysis of music and sound events.
Content
Topics will include: sounds in the environment, sound and meaning, timbral organisation and analysis, digital analysis methods, uses of analogue and digital technologies for the creation of a sound event, sound envelopes, aesthetics of sound-making across cultures, performance contexts, experimental approaches to music, sound and performance.
Requisite
This course has similarities to MUSI1631. If you have successfully completed MUSI1631 you cannot enrol in this course.
Assessment items
Report: Analyse and discuss a Contemporary Work of Music or Sound Design
Compulsory Requirement: Submit assessment item - Must submit this assessment to pass the course.
Portfolio: Field Recordings Project
Compulsory Requirement: Submit assessment item - Must submit this assessment to pass the course.
Project: Audio Sound Design Podcast
Compulsory Requirement: Submit assessment item - Must submit this assessment to pass the course.
Contact hours
Semester 2 - 2024 - Newcastle City Precinct
Field Study-1
- Face to Face Off Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 2 week(s) starting in week 6
- Weeks 6-7
Lecture-1
- Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 6 week(s) starting in week 8
Lecture-2
- Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 5 week(s) starting in week 1
Tutorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 5 week(s) starting in week 1
Tutorial-2
- Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 6 week(s) starting in week 8
Course outline
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