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School of Music · ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
The Aural Skills and Music Theory courses are a series of courses compulsory for all Bachelor of Music students that develop core skills underpinning analytical and practical engagement in a variety of musical idioms, including common practice, jazz, and popular styles. This course introduces chromatic harmony and modulation, and advanced analytical techniques theory through the detailed study of music scores and excerpts. The theory component is complemented with the sequential and aligned development of relevant aural skills, including audiation (inner hearing) and aural awareness of advanced melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic structures, through individual and group listening, reading and performing (singing), dictation, and aural analysis activities.
Mid-Semester test (theory and aural), 1.5 hours, held during class in week 6
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
Final examination (theory and aural), 1.5 hours, held during the exam period
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
Analysis and Transcription Portfolio
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
130 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 48 hours of contact over 12 weeks of Theory & Aural workshops; b) 82 hours of independent study, including listening and written tasks, and practical exercises (e.g., sight-singing).
N/A Preliminary Reading Beach, D. and McClelland, R. (2012). Analysis of 18th and 19th-Century Musical Works in the Classical Tradition. New York: Routledge. Cadwallader, A. and Gagne D. (2011). Analysis of Tonal Music: A Schenkerian Approach. 3rd ed. New York: Oxford University Press. Caplin, W. (2013). Analyzing Classical Form: An Approach for the Classroom. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Karpinski, G. (2007). Manual for Ear Training and Sight Singing. New York: Norton.