Listening and Musicianship 2 (VS1) (U04415)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 8 ? Acronym : ACE-2-ListMus2V

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 listening musicianship

Entry Requirements

? This course is only available to part year visiting students.

? This course is a variant of the following course : U04129

? Pre-requisites : Listening and Musicianship 1

Subject Areas

Home subject area

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

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 2nd year

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

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

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Tutorial	Friday	14:00	14:50	Central
Tutorial	Friday	16:10	17:00	Central

? Additional Class Information : Taught in 2 tutorial groups in Weeks 2-5 and 7-10. Students will be assigned to tutorial groups at the beginning of the academic session.

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

- 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 recognise aurally various more complex harmonic progressions.
- Students will be capable of accurately transcribing more complex melodic (including atonal) and four-part harmonic dictations.