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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 students to various analytical approaches to 20th Century and contemporary music repertoire, both theoretical and aurally. The theory component is complemented with the sequential and aligned development of advanced aural skills, including audiation (inner hearing) and aural awareness of complex 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; and b) 82 hours of independent study, including listening and written tasks, and practical exercises (e.g., sight-singing).
N/A Preliminary Reading Straus, J. N. (2016). Introduction to Post-Tonal Theory. 4th ed. New York: Norton. Friedmann, M. L. (1990). Ear Training for Twentieth-Century Music. New Haven: Yale University Press.