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MUSI357 Composition/Craft: Music Loops and Sound Producers

Updated: 23 April 2012
Credit Points 6
Offering Not offered in 2013
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites MUSI108 or MUSI170 or MUSI171 or MUSI208 or CMPO170 or CMPO171
Co-requisites None
Restrictions None
Notes

offered in even numbered years
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Jenny Game-Lopata (jgamelop@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit focuses on practical applications of technology in music, primarily in instrument design and technology and its subsequent impact on composers and performers. Students will design and create their own instruments, suitable for use in the classroom environment, and learn practical arrangement techniques for classroom ensemble. There is also a focus on computers and loop-based composition, with consideration given to aspects and influence of non-Western music present in this genre.
Materials Textbook information will be displayed approximately 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the teaching period. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment Assessment information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. compose and arrange music that is purpose-specific, eg to suit a pre-determined level of competence in instrumental technique;
  2. adapt music notation principles to suit non-standard instruments, including computer generated;
  3. compose music using computer software;
  4. demonstrate an understanding of instrument mechanics and technological developments, and how this impacts on composition; and
  5. appreciate technical considerations for a wide variety of standard and non-standard musical instruments.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Knowledge of the discipline will be imparted though lectures and workshops, and assessed in all the set assessment tasks which require students to put into practice the information acquired in the unit. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Communication skills are addressed through use and adaptation of music notation principles and practices as well as computer skills. They are formally assessed in each of the set assessment tasks. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
Global perspectives are addressed through study of instrument design, particularly non-Western and also the non-Western influence on loop-based composition. 		True True
4 Information Literacy
Information literacy is addressed through use and adaptation of music notation principles and practices as well as computer skills. 		True True True
5 Life-Long Learning
Life-long learning is addressed through the inherent classroom implications in the unit. 		True True True
6 Problem Solving
Problem solving is addressed and specifically assessed through research into instrument development, design and subsequent implementation in terms of building the instrument and arrangement. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
Social responsibility is addressed through research into instrument development, design and subsequent implementation in terms of building the instrument and arrangement. 		True True True
8 Team Work
Team work is addressed through research into instrument development, design and subsequent implementation in terms of building the instrument and arrangement. 		True True True
   

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