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Undergraduate Course: History of Instruments (MUSI10013)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThe main families of wind, string and keyboard instruments are discussed in detail. Aspects studied include the design, playing techniques, social background and use of different instruments. There is an emphasis on relating instrument models to their repertoire.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: Music 2A: Music and Ideas from the Middle Ages to Viennese Classicism (MUSI08060) OR Music 2B: Music and Ideas from Romanticism to the Late Twentieth Century (MUSI08061) OR Musical Acoustics (PHYS08021)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesVisiting students should have at least 3 Music courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). 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: 200 ( Lecture Hours 20, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 176 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 45 %, Coursework 45 %, Practical Exam 10 %
Additional Information (Assessment) One 3000 word essay (45%). Presentations (10%) to be scheduled by course organiser. One 2 hour degree examination in the December examination diet (45%).
Feedback Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)2:00
Learning Outcomes
This course gives an overall knowledge of the history of musical instruments with a particular regard to the instruments of Western art music, and develops a critical approach to relevant information sources.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Course URL http://www.music.ed.ac.uk
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Additional Class Delivery Information Seminars in Weeks 1-5 and 7-11 in the Reid Concert Hall Museum.
KeywordsHoI history of instruments acoustics music
Contacts
Course organiserDr Darryl Martin
Tel: (0131 6)50 2806
Email: 		Course secretaryMiss Annabelle Evans
Tel: (0131 6)50 2422
Email:
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