Music Skills
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Music Skills |
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| 1. The Music Skills requirements apply to students undertaking one of the following BMus degrees. Students must select the specific units set out in the relevant degree enrolment pattern. | |||
| (a) Bachelor of Music Programs: 24 credit points as set out in the relevant degree enrolment pattern | |||
| (b) Bachelor of Music (Composition): 12 credit points of Aural Perception units; 12 credit points of Harmony and Analysis units; 3 credit points of Music Technology | |||
| 2. The Music Skills requirements apply to students undertaking one of the following BMus (Performance) principal study areas. Students must select the specific units set out in the relevant degree enrolment pattern. | |||
| (a) Jazz Performance: 24 credit points of Jazz Music Skills | |||
| (b) Drum set: 18 credit points of Music Theory and Aural Skills; 3 credit points of an elective; 3 credit points Music Technology | |||
| (c) All other principal study areas: 12 credit points of Aural Perception units; 12 credit points of Harmony and Analysis units. | |||
| 3. The Music Skills requirements apply to students undertaking one of the following BMus (Music Education) Streams. Students must select the specific units set out in the relevant degree enrolment pattern. | |||
| (a) Performance: 12 credit points of Aural Perception units; 12 credit points of Harmony and Analysis units | |||
| (b) Jazz Performance: 24 credit points of Jazz Music Skills | |||
| (c) Composition: 12 credit points of Aural Perception units; 12 credit points of Harmony and Analysis units | |||
| (d) Musicology: 12 credit points of Aural Perception units; 12 credit points of Harmony and Analysis units | |||
| (e) Contemporary Music: 18 credit points of Music Theory and Aural Skills; 3 credit points of Music Technology. | |||
Music Theory and Aural Skills |
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| MCGY1000 Aural Perception 1 |
3 |
Completion of a Music Skills Test is essential prior to commencement. Conservatorium of Music students who did not do the test during the audition period and non-Conservatorium of Music Students should contact the unit of study coordinator before the start of semester. |
Semester 1 |
| MCGY1001 Aural Perception 1A |
3 |
Completion of a Music Skills Test is essential prior to commencement. Conservatorium of Music students who did not do the test during the audition period and non-Conservatorium of Music Students should contact the unit of study coordinator before the start of semester. |
Semester 1 |
| MCGY1002 Aural Perception 1B |
3 | P MCGY1001 |
Semester 2 |
| MCGY1003 Aural Perception 2 |
3 | P MCGY1000 or MCGY1002 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MCGY2004 Aural Perception 3 |
3 | P MCGY1003 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MCGY2005 Aural Perception 4 |
3 | P MCGY2004 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MCGY1008 Harmony and Analysis 1 |
3 | A Ability to read musical notation including treble and bass clefs, and knowledge of scales, intervals and triads in tonal music. N MUSC2699 Completion of a Music Skills Evaluation is essential prior to commencement. Students who have not completed this diagnostic test should contact the unit of study coordinator before the start of semester. |
Semester 1 |
| MCGY1009 Harmony and Analysis 2 |
3 | P MCGY1008 |
Semester 2 |
| MCGY2010 Harmony and Analysis 3 |
3 | P MCGY1009 |
Semester 1 |
| MCGY2011 Harmony and Analysis 4 |
3 | P MCGY2010 |
Semester 2 |
| JAZZ1621 Jazz Music Skills 1 |
6 | C JAZZ1601 or JAZZ1631 N MUSC2699 |
Semester 1 |
| JAZZ1622 Jazz Music Skills 2 |
6 | P JAZZ1621 C JAZZ1632 or JAZZ1602 |
Semester 2 |
| JAZZ2623 Jazz Music Skills 3 |
6 | P JAZZ1622 C JAZZ2603 or JAZZ2633 |
Semester 1 |
| JAZZ2624 Jazz Music Skills 4 |
6 | P JAZZ2623 C JAZZ2604 or JAZZ2634 |
Semester 2 |
| MUSC1501 Extended Fundamentals of Music |
6 | A (MUSC1503 and MUSC1504), or HSC Music 2 N MUSC2693 or MUSC2699 or MCGY1008 |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC1503 Fundamentals of Music 1 |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| MUSC1504 Fundamentals of Music 2 |
6 | A MUSC1503 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MUSC2693 Fundamentals of Music 3 |
6 | P MUSC1504 N MUSC1501 |
Semester 2 |
| MUSC2695 Fundamentals of Music 4: Popular Music Focus |
6 | P MUSC1501 or MUSC2693 |
Semester 1 |
| JAZZ3301 Rhythm Awareness/Analysis |
3 |
Non-Jazz degree students may take this unit after completion of their Principal Study 4 with the approval of the Unit Coordinator. |
Semester 1 |
Music Skills electives |
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| JAZZ1015 Jazz Ear Training 1 |
3 |
These units are only available to non-jazz students |
Semester 1 |
| JAZZ1016 Jazz Ear Training 2 |
3 | P JAZZ1015 These units are only available to non-jazz students |
Semester 2 |
| JAZZ2038 Jazz Ear Training 3 |
3 | P JAZZ1016 These units are only available to non-jazz degree students. |
Semester 1 |
| JAZZ2039 Jazz Ear Training 4 |
3 | P JAZZ2038 These units are only available to non-jazz degree students |
Semester 2 |
| JAZZ1019 Jazz Harmony and Arranging 1 |
3 |
These units are only available to non-jazz students |
Semester 1 |
| JAZZ1020 Jazz Harmony and Arranging 2 |
3 | P JAZZ1019 These units are only available to non-jazz students |
Semester 2 |
| JAZZ2016 Jazz Harmony and Arranging 3 |
3 | P JAZZ1020 These units are only available to non-jazz students |
Semester 1 |
| JAZZ2017 Jazz Harmony and Arranging 4 |
3 | P JAZZ2016 These units are only available to non-jazz students |
Semester 2 |
| JAZZ3631 Music Business Skills |
6 | Semester 2 |
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Music Technology units |
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| CMPN1013 Creative Music Technology |
3 | N MUED1002 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CMPN1014 Sound Recording Fundamentals |
3 | N CMPN2006 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CMPN2007 Sound Recording Advanced |
3 | A Proficiency in an industry standard DAW and the ability to understand basic microphone and recording techniques. P CMPN2006 or CMPN1014 |
Semester 2 |
| CMPN2631 Electroacoustic Music |
6 | A Proficiency in the usage of any industry standard DAW and attendant sound transformation and diffusion software. P MUED1002 or CMPN1013 or MUSC2653 N CMPN1631 |
Semester 1 |
| CMPN2632 Computer Music Fundamentals |
6 | P MUED1002 OR CMPN1013 OR MUSC2653 |
Semester 2 |
| CMPN3634 Interactive Media and Sound Installations |
6 | P CMPN1013 OR MUSC2653 C CMPN2631 OR CMPN2632 The unit makes use of interactive programming techniques and other technical skills taught in CMPN2631/2632. Enrolling concurrently in one of these subjects alongside CMPN3634 is recommended. |
Semester 2 |
| CMPN3635 Writing Music for the Moving Image |
6 | P MUED1002 or CMPN1013 or MUSC2653 or MUED4002 |
Semester 1 |
| CMPN3636 Live Electronic Music Performance |
6 | A Students enrolling in this Unit of Study are expected to have previous experience with music technology, including recording and music creation software. Students will be expected to perform. P (CMPN1013 or MUSC2653) and (CMPN1631 or CMPN1632) |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC1611 The Studio for Songwriters 1 |
6 | A Students enrolling in this unit of study must have some experience with writing their own original songs in a contemporary music style. |
Semester 2 |
| MUSC2653 Introduction to Digital Music Techniques |
6 | P 18 Junior credit points N MUSC2053 An ability to read music at a basic level and an understanding of fundamental musical terminology is an advantage in this unit of study. |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC3603 Advanced Digital Music Techniques |
6 | P MUSC2653 Students who do not meet the pre-requisite may seek special permission from the subject co-ordinator |
Semester 2 |
Practical Keyboard Skills |
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| CPNO1603 Practical Keyboard Skills 1 |
6 | N ACCP1603 Must have keyboard skills and reasonable music reading skills. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CPNO1604 Practical Keyboard Skills 2 |
6 | P ACCP1603 OR CPNO1603 N ACCP1604 Must have keyboard skills (up to at least an AMEB 4th grade level) and reasonable music reading skills. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Open Learning Units |
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| OLET1801 Music Theory and Notation Essentials |
2 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| OLET1803 Digital Communication: Sound |
2 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| OLET1811 Writing About Music |
2 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| OLET1901 Presentation Skills: Speaking in Public |
2 | Intensive November |
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| OLET2801 Music and Australian Indigenous Identities |
2 | A Students enrolling in this unit of study should be able to distinguish aurally between the melody, harmony, bass and rhythm layers of music, and have a basic knowledge of popular music instrumentation and song structure. |
Semester 1 |