Module Details
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Title COMPOSITIONAL TECHNIQUES
Code MUSI106
Coordinator Dr PA Turowski
Music
Paul.Turowski@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2020-21 Level 4 FHEQ Second Semester 15

Aims

To gain greater awareness of formal considerations to provide experience in handling small-scale musical form. To develop self-critical skills To develop accuracy and fluency in notation and musicianship. To introduce students to the origins and historical development of counterpoint To gain basic awareness of a range of 20th/21st-century styles, languages and approaches

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) To demonstrate basic competency in notation and musicianship

(LO2) To demonstrate skills in the transformation and manipulation of musical data

(LO3) To show an understanding of species counterpoint and basic functional harmony

(LO4) To engage with aesthetic aspects of music composition

(S1) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Presentation skills - written

(S2) Critical thinking and problem solving - Creative thinking

(S3) Time and project management - Project planning

(S4) Basic level musicianship

Syllabus
 

Species counterpoint (Renaissance) Imitative counterpoint and basic functional harmony (Baroque) Survey of counterpoint techniques from Baroque to contemporary periods

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Method 1 - Lecture
Description: asynchronous video of lecture content posted on Canvas
Teaching Method 2 – Workshop
Description: synchronous face-to-face meetings to review lecture content and offer clarification & feedback

Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 11

         11

 22
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 128
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Original composition using imitative counterpoint There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Se  2-minute composition    40       
Formative exercises and an original composition using florid counterpoint There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment. Assess  4 practice worksheet    40       
Online musicianship exercise There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Semester 2      10       
Online musicianship exercise There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Semester 2      10       

Recommended Texts
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