PRODUCTION AND SCORE STUDIES - 2023/4
Module code: TON2021
Module Overview
This module is intended to introduce and develop the skills needed in professional music production of a variety of genres.
Module provider
Music & Media
Module Leader
WARBURTON John (Music & Med)
Number of Credits: 15
ECTS Credits: 7.5
Framework: FHEQ Level 5
Module cap (Maximum number of students): N/A
Overall student workload
Workshop Hours: 10
Independent Learning Hours: 96
Lecture Hours: 28
Guided Learning: 15
Captured Content: 1
Module Availability
Year long
Prerequisites / Co-requisites
None for Tonmeister students
Module content
Indicative content includes:
- Score reading and interpretation from different musical periods
- Use and interpretation of outline scores for improvised music
- Performance comparison and evaluation
- Recording session planning
- Recording session etiquette and decision making
- Post production workflow in different contexts
- Editing both using a score and by ear
- Addition of parts and arranging for pop production
- Aural training
Assessment pattern
| Assessment type | Unit of assessment | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | Score-based production assignment | 40 |
| Coursework | Pop production assignment | 40 |
| Practical based assessment | Continuous assessment | 10 |
| Practical based assessment | Aural assessment | 10 |
Alternative Assessment
N/A
Assessment Strategy
The assessment strategy is designed to provide you with the opportunity to develop your abilities in core skills relating to production and score studies, and to demonstrate these skills by applying them to professionally relevant tasks.
Thus, the summative assessment for this module consists of:
- Coursework 1 - Score-based plotting and editing exercise
- Coursework 2 - Non-score-based exercise
- Continuous assessment - online aural training exercises
- Aural assessment - musical aural test
Formative assessment
Formative assessment in Aural skills will be given as part of the continuous assessment. Formative feedback will be given to individual students in tutorials and during practical seminars.
Feedback
Written feedback will be given for all coursework assignments.
Module aims
- Provide the opportunity for improving aural skills
- Develop score reading skills
- Develop the interpersonal and practical skills needed for production of a variety of musical genres
Learning outcomes
| Attributes Developed | ||
| 001 | Read and understand a score with confidence and fluency | KCP |
| 002 | Identify performance errors using a musical score of different genres | KC |
| 003 | Compare perceptively the relative merits of different performances | KC |
| 004 | Mark up a musical score for post production using conventional notation | KCP |
| 005 | Identify some approaches that might be taken when running a classical session | KCP |
| 006 | Edit together takes to form a seamless whole and cohesive performance | KCP |
| 007 | Interpret and follow a score of an improvised nature | KCP |
| 008 | Identify and implement a workable production workflow in a broad variety of genres including overdubbed contexts | KCP |
| 009 | Use creative editing in non-score contexts | KCP |
| 010 | Critical listening skills | PT |
| 011 | Problem solving | T |
Attributes Developed
C - Cognitive/analytical
K - Subject knowledge
T - Transferable skills
P - Professional/Practical skills
Methods of Teaching / Learning
The learning and teaching strategy is designed to: develop your practical and critical listening skills and your abilities in score reading, production and post-production. Your aural skills will be developed through the regular use of a software-based training package.
The learning and teaching methods include:
- One-hour or two-hour lectures each week
- One hour per week aural training software to be used as tracked self study
- Workshops to include session observation
- Guided reading/listening
Indicated Lecture Hours (which may also include seminars, tutorials, workshops and other contact time) are approximate and may include in-class tests where one or more of these are an assessment on the module. In-class tests are scheduled/organised separately to taught content and will be published on to student personal timetables, where they apply to taken modules, as soon as they are finalised by central administration. This will usually be after the initial publication of the teaching timetable for the relevant semester.
Reading list
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Programmes this module appears in
| Programme | Semester | Classification | Qualifying conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music and Sound Recording (Tonmeister) BSc (Hons)(YEAR LONG) | Year-long | Optional | A weighted aggregate mark of 40% is required to pass the module |
| Music and Sound Recording (Tonmeister) BMus (Hons)(YEAR LONG) | Year-long | Optional | A weighted aggregate mark of 40% is required to pass the module |
Please note that the information detailed within this record is accurate at the time of publishing and may be subject to change. This record contains information for the most up to date version of the programme / module for the 2023/4 academic year.