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School of Music · ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
Songwriting: Concepts and Craft addresses the knowledge and skills required to write songs in a range of contemporary popular styles. Songwriting is a creative practice seated in a discipline with history and context, and theory and method. Students will be guided through an historical overview of major eras and styles of popular songwriting since ca.1910s as well as in analysis of the relevant musical theory and methods that underpin songs from these eras and styles, with the intention of informing the students own portfolio of original popular songs.
Oral presentation, 10 minutes
Learning outcomes 2
Portfolio of 3 original songs (minimum 3 mins, 25% each) charted and recorded (basic demo style)
Learning outcomes 1, 3
Exegesis on original songs, 800 words
Learning outcomes 4
130 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 36 hours of contact: 12 hours of lectures and 24 hours of workshop and workshop-like activities. b) 94 hours of independent student research, composing, reading and writing.
Not applicable Preliminary Reading Repertoire list as reader.