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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Clarify requirements for analysis
   • Discuss with appropriate people the purpose and scope of the harmonic analysis
   • Identify the musical styles, genres or pieces for harmonisation
   • Identify appropriate methods for analysing harmony in the context of the required task
   • Clarify factors that may impact on the analysis, and plan accordingly
2. Identify theoretical elements of music
   • Identify key signatures, accidentals and other harmonic indicators
   • Identify chords and chord progressions, both in notation and through aural recognition
   • Identify how the selected chords in the progression are used to create harmonic motion and resolution
   • Assess music pieces, recordings, compositions, written examples and/or performances to identify elements of functional harmony
   • Apply knowledge of a range of relevant functional harmonic and melodic elements to harmonising short musical extracts
3. Analyse the contribution of functional harmony to performance and compositional outcomes
   • Listen to musical examples, and identify and discuss with appropriate people the way in which harmony functions
   • Investigate musical examples for the way harmonic elements are combined, manipulated and interpreted for aesthetic, technical and/or expressive outcomes
   • Discuss aspects of own harmonisations in progress with appropriate people, and incorporate different angles or ideas into the work as required
4. Finalise analyses and harmonisations
   • Apply theory of functional harmony and related vocabulary to harmonic analyses and harmonisation
   • Present and discuss own analysis and harmonisation exercises with appropriate people
   • Seek feedback from appropriate people on own analyses and harmonisations, and note areas for future improvement

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to:

complete at least three harmonic analyses

harmonise at least three musical extracts using functional harmony and appropriate conventions of music writing and terminology.

Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided at least once.

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Knowledge Evidence

To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must:

describe how to deconstruct musical examples into theoretical components for analysis

describe elements of functional harmony

summarise methods used for analysis of functional harmony

describe the contribution of harmony to selected musical compositions and performances.

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