MUSIC 595
Score Analysis
Music
College of Fine Arts and Communications
Course Description
Analysis of representative choral and instrumental works from the Renaissance through contemporary styles.
When Taught
Winter Odd Years
Grade Rule
Grade Rule 8: A, B, C, D, E, I (Standard grade rule)
Min
2
Fixed
2
Fixed
2
Fixed
0
Title
Score Analysis
Learning Outcome
Music 595 is to help you to- Explore the nature and function of scores of all kinds.- Answer the question of any score: what does this score tell me about the intended sound and what does it not tell me?- Learn criteria for identifying style, period, and performance practice of any score.Score types include:1. Vocal music: various a capella genres (choral, barbershop, etc.), congregational hymns (including shape-note symbols and tonic sol-fa), Lieder, popular sheet music, folk transcriptions.2. Instrument-based genres: works for solo instrument, chamber groups, and larger ensembles3. Alternative uses and adaptations of common-practice notation: lead sheets/fake books, charts/graphs (e.g., Schenker graphs), short scores, piano reductions, transcriptions, various indeterminate notations. 4. Miscellaneous non-common-practice notation. These include tablatures, assorted graphic/pictographic representations, verbal scores, mathematical (e.g., ratio-based) notation.
