CANBERRA GIRLS GRAMMAR SCHOOL

YEAR 11/12 MUSIC MUSICOLOGY TASK

Semester 2 2014

Name:

Syllabus
Component:
Musicology
Class: Tertiary - Type 2 Music T
7143
Course
Weighting:
30% (25% project and
5% references)
Teacher: Ms Geddes Due Date:

Friday 19 September,
3.30pm
Unit: World Music 72834 Unit Value: 1 unit

Strand: Musicology
Musicology: 30%
Multimedia Project 25% & Reference List 5%

1) Multimedia project you are to create a multimedia presentation such as a PowerPoint, DVD,
webpage etc on a topic selected from the given list of topics below. Alternatively you may
propose a topic of your own choice with Ms Geddes. This project is to be a detailed description
of a particular musical culture, through which you must show an understanding of the concepts
of music using some representative pieces of music from your chosen musical culture. The
number of pieces needed for the analysis will be determined by the chosen musical culture in
collaboration with the teacher. The project must include aural examples (recordings).
2) Reference list a music project must have a reference list that includes a discography
(recordings of the words you are discussing), a bibliography, and also a list of websites that
you consulted. Details on how to do this can be found in the Library.

Guidelines:
Choose your topic by the third week of the semester.
Consult your teacher extensively early on to establish your topics boundaries.
Find examples of your music early and start taking notes about them via the concepts of music
Research any background information for the musical culture
Create your reference list right from the day you start

Criteria for Assessment:
Understanding of the topic; understanding of musical vocabulary; analysis skills; clarity of presentation;
well-prepared examples; evidence of research; accuracy of language use;





Topics for this Assessment may include:
Japanese music choose a particular type of music such as Gagaku, Noh, solo instrumental music
(koto, shamisen, biwa etc)
Chinese music Chinese folk music, solo instrumental music (chin, dizi, erhu, guqin)
Thai ensemble music Piphat
Polynesian music
Breton music bagad, sonneur de couple (bombarde and biniou)
Spain Flamenco Music
South American tango, bossa nova, etc (there are several possibilities, discuss with me)
Indian classical music either ensemble music, or solo instrumental music (sitar)
Indian Bollywood music vocal and instrumental ensemble
North African music
Indigenous Australian music Yolngu people from Arnhem Land
Vietnamese
American blue grass music
Country and Western
Any other non-Western musical style not listed