Undergraduate - UnitATS2687 - African music: Musical change, social change and performance

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Organisational Unit	Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music
Offered	Not offered in 2014
Coordinator(s)	Dr Adrian McNeil

Notes

Previously coded MUS2910

Synopsis

This unit will introduce students to a sample of music genres from Africa which demonstrate underlying social and musical principles of African music. A series of performance sessions in African drum ensembles will present principles of polyrhythmic structures in selected genres.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students should have:

A practical knowledge of a variety of performance issues in the musical traditions of sub-Saharan Africa
A knowledge of the history, musical styles and socio-cultural function of different African genres
A knowledge of the formation of modern African popular music genres and their musical, social and political foundation.