Techniques of Music Analysis: Final Year - AHM3511

Assessment 1: Written draft

A draft Schenkerian analysis of an intermediate-length piano or chamber piece (equivalent to 1,000 words and 8 hours of student effort).

Written draft

Assessment 2: Project Work

A neo-Riemannian or pitch-class set theoretical or serial analysis of an intermediate-length piano or chamber piece plus a 250-word supporting commentary.

Project Work

Assessment 1: Project Work

A Schenkerian analysis of an intermediate-length piano or chamber piece plus a 250-word supporting commentary.

Techniques of Music Analysis: Year 2

AIM2506 - Techniques of Music Analysis: Year 2

<p>You are introduced to several current methods for the analysis of tonal and non-tonal music. The leading theory of tonal music, Schenkerism, is introduced and is related to the foundation theories (Fuxian strict counterpoint and the figured-bass tradition of C.P.E. Bach) which preceded it and upon which Schenker built. The free-atonal and serial music of Schoenberg is analyzed using pitch-class set theory and serial theory, respectively. Neo-Riemannian theory, covered in between Schenkerian analysis and atonal/serial analysis, is a bridge between these two broad traditions, affording a method for the analysis (in both tonal and pitch-class set-theoretical terms) of harmonic progressions from the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, which evidence a move from the tonal world of Schenker to the atonal world of Schoenberg. After consideration of the theoretical basis of these approaches, they are applied to piano and chamber works.</p>

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AHM3511 - Techniques of Music Analysis: Final Year

Techniques of Music Analysis: Final Year

have developed an understanding of the fundamental principles of analytical systems developed over the past century, together with more advanced concepts.


have developed the ability to apply analytical systems developed over the past century in order to analyse 
intermediate-length pieces of piano or chamber music with confidence and insight.


have developed the ability to express ideas cogently and coherently and with an accurate use of English for academic purposes.
