Undergraduate Course: Counterpoint 3 (MUSI10001)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course is designed to develop further the contrapuntal skills acquired in previous years, and to foster a deeper understanding of the processes in reconciling the horizontal (counterpoint) and the vertical (harmony). |
| Course description |
Not entered
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed
Style Studies 2 (MUSI08029)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should have at least three Music courses at grade B or above in Music Theory (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses. |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 1 |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 12,
Summative Assessment Hours 3,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
181 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
30 %,
Coursework
70 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Two coursework exercises (35% each) and one 3-hour examination in the May examination diet (30%). |
| Feedback |
Students will receive verbal formative feedback throughout the year in fortnightly seminars, for which regular exercises will be set.
Written, formative feedback will be provided on a feedback sheet for the two assessed coursework assignments and these will also be discussed in tutorials.
Students will also be provided with the opportunity to view examination scripts in a specially-arranged session.
Formative written feedback is provided within 15 working days of the submission date.
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 3:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- On completion of this course students will have learned to write vocal counterpoint in 16th-century styles, mainly those of Palestrina and Byrd, either by completing the lower voices of an extract (top voice given) or by completing a piece from a given opening.
- Students will have learned to analyse 18th-century fugal styles, especially those of J.S. Bach and G. F. Handel, and to write fugues in these styles in three and four instrumental parts.
- They will have learned a deeper understanding of the processes involved in reconciling the horizontal (counterpoint) and the vertical (harmony) dimensions in music of the renaissance and baroque eras
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Additional Information
| Course URL |
http://www.music.ed.ac.uk |
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Taught in individual tutorials in Weeks 1,3,5,7,9,11 in Semester 1 and Semester 2. Students assigned to tutorial times in Freshers Week. |
| Keywords | music counterpoint |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Noel O'Regan
Tel: (0131 6)50 2429
Email: |
Course secretary | Miss Carrie Lyall
Tel: (0131 6)50 2422
Email: |
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