This module provides the student with an introduction to the fundamentals of music theory, with practical applications of theoretical concepts on the piano keyboard. It will also facilitate the development of aural recognition and transcription skills, to better prepare the student for the range of musical situations they are likely to encounter as a professional musician.
Knowledge of Musical Vocabulary
Clefs and staves, note values and rests, time signatures, reading music on your instrument of choice
Melodic and Harmonic Construction
Intervals, scales, triads and their inversions
Music Theory Concepts
Seventh, ninth, eleventh, and thirteenth chords and their inversions, voice leading, modulation, modal scales and scales
Rhythm
Simple, compound, and odd time signatures
Basic Arranging
The roles that guitar, bass, drums, and vocals play in various genres in contemporary music and how music for these specific instruments is notated
Introduction to basic rock instrumentation score reading
Interpreting, realising, and transcribing parts written for and played by a rock group
This module will be delivered utilising a variety of methods including; tutor led lectures/workshops, group work, e-learning through your VLE and independent study and research.
| Module Content & Assessment | |
|---|---|
| Assessment Breakdown | % |
| Formal Examination | 60 |
| Other Assessment(s) | 40 |