? Credit Points : 10  ? SCQF Level : 8  ? Acronym : ACE-2-U02751

The main aim of this course is to expand the students' musical awareness by developing a perceptive and analytical approach to listening.

? Keywords : music aural skills

? Pre-requisites : Aural Skills 1

Home subject area

Music, (School of Arts, Culture and Environment, Schedule A)

? Normal year taken : 2nd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 1 hour(s) per week for 8 weeks

? Additional Class Information : Taught in 2 tutorial groups in Weeks 2-5 and 7-10.

- Students will develop their listening skills through the aural analysis of a wide range of musical pieces.
- Students will acquire a broad knowledge of various elements of musical expression, such as pitch, rhythm, timbre, texture and structure.
- Students will understand the basic principles of spatial music and graphic notation.
- Students will be able to aurally recognise various more complex harmonic progressions.
- Students will be capable of accurately transcribing more complex melodic (including atonal) and four-part harmonic dictations.

One class examination and one degree examination (50% each).

Exam times

Diet Diet Month Paper Code Paper Name Length 1ST May - - 1 hour(s) 2ND August - - 1 hour(s)

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Miss Nathalie Caron
Tel : (0131 6)50 2422
Email : nathalie.caron@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr Nikki Moran
Tel : (0131 6)50 2423
Email : n.moran@ed.ac.uk

Course Website : http://www.music.ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.ace.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/