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Unit of Study MUSC1009 - Sounds, Styles and Cultures (2025)

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Explores the fundamental elements involved in the historical development of contemporary music styles and introduces foundation concepts of musicology and ethnomusicology. Students will participate in weekly tutorials and workshops and engage with a range of musical cultures.

Unit content

Module 1: The physics of sound and human sound cognition.

Module 2: Ancient musical cultures and aural musical traditions.

Module 3: Music scale systems, instrumentation and notation.

Module 4: Western Art music traditions.

Module 5: African American music traditions.

Module 6: The emergence of popular music and the music industry.

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

explain fundamental concepts relating to the physics of sound and the neurology of human sound perception

describe the historical development of global musical cultures and factors that influenced the emergence of specific musical styles of popular and contemporary music

identify prominent stylistic features of a range of popular music styles

utilise specific research methodologies employed in the analysis of global musical styles and cultures.

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