Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this module students should be able to:
-demonstrate a knowledge of species counterpoint
-critically engage with form, and apply formal terminology to works outside of the Western Art music canon
-utilize digital software (such as Audacity) for analytical purposes
-analyse and engage critically with a specific musical vocabulary of the twentieth century
-undertake an independent analysis of a small-scale musical work
Indicative Module Content:
Chapters 8, 38, 39, 40, 41 of Burstein & Straus, Concise Introduction to Tonal Harmony (New York & London: W.W. Norton, 2020).
Chapter 1–7 of Schubert, Modal Counterpoint, Renaissance Style (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2018).
Parts 2 and 3 of Caplin, Analyzing Classical Form: An approach for the classroom (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2013).
Chapters 2–9, Perischetti, Twentieth-Century Harmony: Creative Aspects and Practice (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 1961)
— Species counterpoint composition
— Sonata and rondo form analysis
— Theme and variations analysis
— Pandiatonic harmony
— Quintal and quartal harmonies
— Pentatonic and hexatonic scales
— Using a Digital Audio Workstation (such as Audacity)
— Harmonic progressions, melodic harmonisation, cadential formulae, and accompanying patterns at the keyboard