Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Convenor
Andrew Robson
Contact via +61 2 98502120
253, 10 Hadenfeld Ave.
by appointment
Lecturer
Diane Hughes
Contact via +61 2 9850 2175
254, 10 Hadenfeld Ave.
by appointment
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
40cp at 1000 level or above
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
The phenomenon of 'the song' in contemporary music is undisputed. This unit will explore 'the song' in various cultural and historical contexts, and consider the ways in which musical authorship can be achieved through a variety of traditional and technology driven approaches. Students will deconstruct some of the most popular and critically regarded contemporary songs and compositions in order to better understand and facilitate their own creative techniques. Song and compositional structures will be a unit focus and topics will include lyrical, melodic, rhythmic, chordal, harmonic and musical components. In doing so, it will contribute to, and provide links between, existing Music units in music production, voice, guitar, music business, and popular music. Recording as a compositional tool, loop stations and aspects of music production may enable students to work with various music technologies as relevant to their creative practice. In the context of music business, the authorship and ownership of original material through publishing, performance and recording will be discussed. |
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
‘Please note that the University and the Faculty of Arts have launched a new assessment policy effective as of 1 July 2021. This new policy particularly affects LATE SUBMISSION OF ASSESSMENTS.
The Faculty policy in relation to late assessment submissions is as follows:
Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – 10 marks out of 100 credit will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted seven days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments – e.g. quizzes, online tests, etc.
To be very clear:
· Unless you have applied for special consideration and had your application approved, for each day your assignment is late, 10 marks will be deducted. For example, if you submit your assignment 7 days late, 70 marks will be deducted, which means you will fail that assignment.
· If your assignment is more than 7 days late (including weekends), you will get 0 marks for your assignment.
These are serious penalties that will substantially alter your final grade and even determine whether you pass or fail this unit. Please make every effort to submit your assignment by the due date.
If you find you cannot submit your assignment on time, please apply for Special Consideration through AskMQ. Make sure you read Macquarie University's policy regarding Special Consideration requests before you apply: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/assessment-exams/special-consideration’
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Song Analyses | 40% | No | 23:59pm on 01/04/2022 |
Original Song | 60% | No | Reflection: 23:59 on 27/05/2022, Orig Song: Wk13 TBA |
Assessment Type 1: Case study/analysis
Indicative Time on Task 2: 35 hours
Due: 23:59pm on 01/04/2022
Weighting: 40%
Students are required to comprehensively analyse two contrasting songs. The songs may be from popular music traditions and styles or from world musics. For this assessment, a song is considered to include lyrics, melody and musical accompaniment. Refer to iLearn for further information.
Assessment Type 1: Creative work
Indicative Time on Task 2: 50 hours
Due: Reflection: 23:59 on 27/05/2022, Orig Song: Wk13 TBA
Weighting: 60%
Each student is required to write, reflect on and document original songs written during the course of this unit. While students are expected to work on several songs during the session and document these in their process reflection, one original song is submitted for this assessment.Students are to include a written rationale for the song selected for submission. This task requires students to consider the development and documentation of song/s in relation to their musical goals. Refer to iLearn for further information.
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2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
Lectures for this unit will commence in Week 1.
Tutorials for this unit will commence in Week 2.
Lectures will be online - please see ilearn for the link.
There will also be an online tutorial option (via Zoom). Please see ilearn for the Zoom link.
Unit readings can be accessed via the Leganto link on ilearn.
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Date | Description |
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23/02/2022 | Due time corrected to 24 hour time |
16/02/2022 | 12 hour time changed to 24 hour time in assessment submission requirements |
Unit information based on version 2022.02 of the Handbook