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Unit of Study MUS00630 - Songwriting (2017)

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Unit description

This unit focuses on the development of problem solving skills in relation to music composition. It will develop a series of approaches to developing analytical and reflective musical communication skills. In particular, this unit will help you to develop skills in creative and interpretive music composition, lyric-writing, collaboration and critical analysis.

Unit content

  • Form
  • Starting points
  • Repetitive devices
  • Rhyme and couplet development
  • Melody, motifs and phrasing
  • Blues: harmonic and melodic properties
  • Chord charts
  • Chord progressions
  • Phonetic concepts and techniques
  • Imagery
  • Analysis

Availabilities

Not currently available in 2017

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 demonstrate an awareness of formal, harmonic, melodic, rhythmic and lyrical structures used in music composition.
2 demonstrate an understanding of methods and processes used in songwriting
3 write a song employing intuitive and cognitive processes.
4 use peer evaluation to review participation in, and outcomes of, teamwork.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. demonstrate an awareness of formal, harmonic, melodic, rhythmic and lyrical structures used in music composition.
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
  2. demonstrate an understanding of methods and processes used in songwriting
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
  3. write a song employing intuitive and cognitive processes.
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
  4. use peer evaluation to review participation in, and outcomes of, teamwork.
    • Not applicable