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School of Music · ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
Songwriting: Concepts and Craft addresses the knowledge and skills required to write songs in a range of contemporary popular styles. Songwriting is a creative practice situated in a discipline with history and context, and theory and method. Students will be guided through a historical overview of major eras and styles of popular songwriting, including since ca.1910s, perspectives from beyond the anglosphere, as well as in analysis of the relevant musical theory and methods that underpin songs from these eras and styles. These skills will inform the student’s own portfolio of original popular songs.
Oral presentation, 5 minutes
Learning outcomes 2, 4
Original song with exegesis, charts and recording
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 4
Portfolio of 2 original songs with exegesis, charts and recording
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
130 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 36 hours of contact over 12 weeks including lectures, workshops, and workshop-like activities; and b) 94 hours of independent student research, composing, reading and writing.
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