Undergraduate Course: Listening and Musicianship 2 (MUSI08052)

Course Outline
School	Edinburgh College of Art	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate)	Availability	Available to all students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	The main aim of this course is to expand the students' musical awareness by developing a perceptive and analytical approach to listening.
Course description	Not entered

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	Students MUST have passed: Listening and Musicianship 1 (MUSI08051)	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	Visiting students should have at least one semester of aural skills training. We will only consider University/College level courses.

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 86 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 0 %, Practical Exam 100 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	One class examination at the end of Semester 1 (50%) and one degree examination in the May Exam Diet (50%). Visiting Student Variant Assessment: One class examination (100%).
Feedback	Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)			1:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)			1:00

Academic year 2015/16, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1, Formative Assessment Hours 1, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 84 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 0 %, Practical Exam 100 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	One class examination at the end of Semester 1 (50%) and one degree examination in the May Exam Diet (50%). Visiting Student Variant Assessment: One class examination (100%).
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

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 be able to aurally recognise various more complex harmonic progressions. Students will be capable of accurately transcribing more complex melodic and four-part harmonic dictations.

Reading List
There is no compulsory text book for this course. However, published text books and audio resources do exist for ear training, and students are encouraged to discover and to use these for themselves, alongside the course! For example, items held in the University library include: Mayfield, Connie. (2003). Theory essentials: an integrated approach to harmony, ear training, and keyboard skills. California & London: Thomson Schirmer. Phillips, Joel. (2005). The musician's guide to aural skills. New York & London: W.W. Norton. Pratt, George. (1990). Aural awareness: principles and practice. Milton Keynes & Philadelphia: Open University Press.

Additional Information
Course URL	http://www.music.ed.ac.uk
Graduate Attributes and Skills	Not entered
Additional Class Delivery Information	Taught in 2 tutorial groups in Weeks 1-5 and 7-11. Students will be assigned to tutorial groups at the beginning of the academic session.
Keywords	music aural skills listening musicianship