(BA) (4-year-programme) - The University of Hong Kong

158MUSI2068.University gamelanThis course focuses on the performance of gamelan. Students will participate in weekly workshops onthe gamelan over two semesters and may also have the opportunity to participate in publicperformances.Assessment: 100% coursework.MUSI2069.Jazz and contemporary writingThis course will enable students to compose/arrange in jazz and other popular contemporary musicalstyles for rhythm section (drums, bass, guitar, keyboards, and percussion), and a leadline (one or moreinstruments, or voice/s). The music will be in the styles of jazz, rock, blues, funk, reggae, pop, orLatin. The use of software for musical notation and production is encouraged but not mandatory.Finale and Acid Pro will be used for demonstration. Students will learn original techniques andpractical approaches to creating and writing contemporary grooves for a rhythm section, as well ascontemporary jazz voicings, with production and performance goals in mind. At the end of the course,the students will present their produced work (compositions or arrangements) in a public concert. Totake this course, the student must be able to read music and be familiar with basic music theory andharmony.Assessment: 100% coursework.MUSI2070.Fundamentals of tonal musicThis course further explores tonal procedures, of which the fundamentals were introduced inMUSI1023 Materials and structures of music. It examines the tonal logic and the voice-leadingprinciples of diatonic and basic chromatic harmonic practices. Simple formal structures such as binary,ternary, and sonata forms are explored. Students completing this course are expected to have attaineda thorough understanding of tonal syntax in the context of diatonic and simple chromatic harmonyand to be able to analyze music in simple forms.Prerequisite: MUSI1023.Assessment: 100% coursework.MUSI2071.Topics in Western music history IThe course examines selected topics in musical practices, works, and aesthetic ideas representative ofthe 20th and 21st centuries. Various musical styles as well as conceptual ideas behind the musicalpractices are examined. The course emphasizes the socio-cultural context in which the music wascreated, performed, and consumed, as well as its relationship to the other art forms. The course is alsodesigned to enhance students' ability to think, read, and write in English within the discipline of music,and to teach them the fundamental processes involved in music research. By promoting foundationalknowledge in music history, as well as basic research and writing skills, this course prepares studentsfor other courses in the curriculum, such as MUSI2072 and MUSI2073. The focus of course contentmay vary from year to year.Assessment: 100% coursework.MUSI2072.Topics in Western music history IIThe course examines selected topics in musical practices, works, and aesthetic ideas representative ofthe 18th and 19th centuries. Various musical styles as well as conceptual ideas behind the musicalpractices are examined. The course emphasises the socio-cultural context in which the music was