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MUED1004: Non Western Music
2021 unit information
Music educators today must be equipped to teach from a perspective that acknowledges the cultural dimensions of music. Contributing to the development of such a perspective, this unit of study provides students with the opportunity to encounter a musical culture and non-familiar music system through direct practical experience, and to consider the implications this presents for teaching and learning. Issues including methodologies of teaching and learning; ethical considerations; and the availability and application of resources are covered in the unit. This is taught through immersion in a single non-western instrumental ensemble (such as Balinese Gamelan). In some years, this unit may be offered as a voluntary option in a field location.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Music Education
| Code | MUED1004 |
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| Academic unit | Music Education |
| Credit points | 3 |
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Corequisites:
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. perform simple cyclical pieces of Balinese gamelan music in an ensemble setting
- LO2. have a basic knowledge of Balinese terminology used to describe instruments and both musical and extra-musical concepts associated with gamelan practice in Bali
- LO3. have an understanding of various tuning systems used in Balinese gamelan music
- LO4. analyse the formal structure of simple cyclical pieces of Balinese gamelan music
- LO5. distinguish between a variety of genres of gamelan music based on their distinctive musical forms and ensemble characteristics
- LO6. have an understanding of how Balinese gamelan instruments and gamelan music embody and reflect social, religious and cultural beliefs and practices of the Balinese people
- LO7. transcribe and notate Balinese melodies and rhythms using a modified form of western 5-line staff notation; perform from notation on gamelan instruments
- LO8. compose a cyclical gamelan melody in the style of pieces studied in class and elaborate the melody into full ensemble performance with all major instrumental parts
- LO9. adapt gamelan music for classroom performance on substitute Western instruments where Balinese instruments are unavailable
- LO10. have a working knowledge of the underlying principles and practical application of teaching and learning music without the aid of notation using a model-and-copy rote learning method
- LO11. have improved ensemble skills and be better able to listen for and respond to aural cues in an ensemble setting
- LO12. have improved overall aural skills, hand-eye coordination and longterm memory of melody and rhythm
- LO13. be a more active learner through having had to choose which aspect of the music to focus on (melody, rhythm or articulation) when copying the teacher and endeavouring to commit parts to memory
- LO14. be a more ‘physical’ performer due to the absence of a notational intermediary between your body (as performer) and the music (as performance) experienced during the learning process
- LO15. have a practical awareness of the benefits and shortcomings of both the use and non-use of musical notation as a teaching aid
- LO16. have an enhanced appreciation and understanding of a musical culture significantly different from the Western one you are familiar with
- LO17. have an expanded awareness of the global contexts in which music exists, of what is possible in terms of how music can be made, and of the cultural purposes for which music can be created and performed.
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