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MCGY2005: Aural Perception 4
2025 unit information
A broad range of post-tonal repertoire is analysed, with appropriate listening and reading strategies discussed. Students learn to adapt to dynamic musical environments characterised by frequent harmonic modulation and abrupt metric changes.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Analysis, History and Cultural Studies |
| Credit points | 3 |
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MCGY2004 |
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None |
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None |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Accurately notate the pitch, rhythm, and harmony of music sound examples that use the Western art music vocabulary, to the standard set out in relevant units of the course textbook
- LO2. Accurately vocalise the pitch, rhythm, and harmony of notated music examples that use the Western art music vocabulary, using solmisation syllables where appropriate
- LO3. Discern and represent important musical features from a range of examples (including vernacular and non-Western music), and draw deeper conclusions as to how this music works and why
- LO4. Evaluate and refine transcription strategies through the process of reflective annotation
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