Understanding Music - AFM1303

Assessment 1: Portfolio (including examples)

A proposal outline of the final assignment, equivalent to 1,000 words and 8 hours of student effort.

Written draft

Assessment 1: Portfolio

Portfolio of theoretical or analytical exercises, testing understanding of key concepts and terminology.

Portfolio

Assessment 2: Project Work

An analytical project on a single short work/piece, or one movement of a larger work. This may be presented as either an essay of 1500 words, or an illustrated oral presentation or video essay of equivalent length.

Project Work

<p>You will explore the building blocks of music in all its forms, developing an understanding of how music ‘works’ through the use of key theoretical principles such as melody, harmony, rhythm, form, timbre, and so on. This will allow you to investigate a number of key works from a wide range of musical styles and histories in detail, engaging with music in ways that will also develop your creativity as a performer or composer.</p>

School of Arts and Humanities

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Music

AFM1303 - Understanding Music

Understanding Music

be able to demonstrate an awareness of a full range of musical styles and the different approaches to understanding how music ‘works’.

be able to show an understanding of different aspects of music theory and their applications to a range of musical styles.

be able to listen to music analytically and critically, and to write about it analytically using appropriate technical and critical vocabulary.

be able to express ideas cogently and coherently and with an accurate us of English for academic purposes.

be able to analyse harmonic, tonal and structural aspects of tonal and non-tonal music, presented in both printed and aural form.