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On completion of the module students should be able to:
- demonstrate a foundational knowledge of the interaction between harmony and melody, and the processes that underpin common-practice tonal composition.
- recognise and identify melodic, harmonic, and cadential idioms of the classical style.
- analyse, examine, and evaluate aspects of music syntax (periods, sentences, etc.).
- engage critically with some simple forms (binary forms).
- play simple chord progressions (using primary and secondary triads) on the keyboard, and to harmonise a simple melody at sight.
Parts 3 and 5 of Burstein & Straus, Concise Introduction to Tonal Harmony (New York & London: W.W. Norton, 2020).
Parts 2, 3, and 4 of Aldwell, Schachter & Cadwallader, Harmony and Voice Leading (Boston, MA: Cengage Learning, 2019).
Parts 1 and 2 of Caplin, Classical Form: A theory of formal functions for the instrumental music of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1998).
Harmony and voice leading
Melody, motive, diminution
Prolongation and cadence
Dissonance and modulation
Analysis and composition of musical form
Aural skills
Basic harmonic progressions and melodic harmonisation at the keyboard
Introduction to music notation software
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 22 |
Tutorial | 11 |
Practical | 6 |
Specified Learning Activities | 24 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 37 |
Total | 100 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Continuous Assessment: Preparation, participation and progress observed in weekly lectures and tutorials | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 15 |
Examination: Two-hour examination at the RDS with three questions. | 2 hour End of Trimester Exam | No | Graded | No | 45 |
Assignment: Three assignments over the course of the trimester. Assignment 1 due in week 4 (5%), assignment 2 due in week 8 (10%), assignment 3 due in week 11 (10%). | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 25 |
Continuous Assessment: Attendance, preparation and participation in the weekly practical musicianship groups (keyboard harmony and aural skills) | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 15 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Not yet recorded.
Name | Role |
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Mr Connor Wilcox | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Leah Mullen | Tutor |
Ealu Thomas | Tutor |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 | Thurs 09:00 - 10:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 | Tues 11:00 - 11:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 2 | Week(s) - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 | Tues 10:00 - 10:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 3 | Week(s) - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 | Wed 13:00 - 13:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 4 | Week(s) - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 | Wed 14:00 - 14:50 |
Laboratory | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 | Mon 13:00 - 13:30 |
Laboratory | Offering 2 | Week(s) - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 | Mon 11:00 - 11:30 |
Laboratory | Offering 3 | Week(s) - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 | Mon 12:00 - 12:30 |
Laboratory | Offering 5 | Week(s) - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 | Thurs 12:00 - 12:30 |
Laboratory | Offering 6 | Week(s) - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 | Thurs 13:00 - 13:30 |
Laboratory | Offering 7 | Week(s) - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 | Thurs 14:00 - 14:30 |