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Undergraduate Course: Music Analysis 1 (MUSI08040)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThis course gives an introduction to the analysis and discussion of musical form and style. It will involve the detailed study of scores and the aural analysis of sound recordings.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements Equivalent of a Higher or A Level in Music at Grade A.
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesEquivalent of a Higher or A Level in Music at Grade A.
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Describe musical form and structure by talking about compositional components and their interactions.
  2. Identify specific information about a musical work via a score and/or audio recording (e.g. key stylistic and structural features).
  3. Critically analyse a musical work by evaluating the compositional effect of such features, drawing on your broader musical knowledge to contextualise the findings.3.Critically analyse a musical work by evaluating the compositional effect of such features, drawing on your broader musical knowledge to contextualise the findings.
  4. Establish this analytical approach as a routine way of talking and writing about music.
Reading List
Recommended texts: 1. Burkholder, Grout & Palisca (Eds.), A History of Western Music. (Available in Main Library HUB); 2. Eric Taylor, The AB Guide to Music Theory (ABRSM) Parts I and II. You may wish to buy your own copy of this textbook.
Additional Information
Course URL http://www.music.ed.ac.uk/
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Additional Class Delivery Information Lectures in Weeks 1-5 and 7-11. Tutorials in Weeks 2-5 and 7-11.
Keywordsmusic analysis introduction
Contacts
Course organiserDr Benedict Taylor
Tel: (0131 6)50 4155
Email: B.Taylor@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Noureen Ehsan
Tel: (0131 6)50 9179
Email: Noureen.Ehsan@ed.ac.uk
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