Course overview
This course covers a broad range of methods used in research by musicologists today. These include (1) ethnographic methods such as field observation (including participant-observation), field documentation and interviewing techniques; (2) music transcription and analytical methods as applied to a wide range of notated musical forms and oral performance practices; computer aided methods for data collection and analyses of music and musical instruments; and (3) historical methods and approaches to collect and interpret musical past.
Course learning outcomes
- To demonstrate critical evaluation of music scholarship as relevant to both the theoretical and practical aspects of music and music-making both in any cultural context
- To be able to conceptualise a problem in music or arising from music-making and identify appropriate methodologies to investigate it
- To have confidence in the communication of research outcomes, whether delivered through oral, written, performance, composition or other media, employing appropriate professional standards
- To understand the key theoretical and practical issues in music and apply them more broadly in professional life
Availability
Class details
Adelaide City Campus East
Class number 25838
Section SE01
Size 20
Available 20
Class number 25839
Section TU01
Size 20
Available 20
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