Module: Rhythm Studies 1

Module Specifications.

Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title	Rhythm Studies 1
Module Code	MC121 (ITS) / MPA1018 (Banner)
Faculty	Humanities & Social Sciences	School	Theology, Philosophy & Music
Module Co-ordinator	Linda Adams
Module Teachers	Greg Felton, Kevin Brady, Ronan Guilfoyle
NFQ level	6	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	Not Available
Co-requisite	Not Available
Compatibles	Not Available
Incompatibles	Not Available

Repeat examination

Description

This module is designed to help all participants to develop a very strong rhythmic technique capable of meeting the various challenges presented to them in the current professional milieu of jazz and improvised music in general. This is achieved through singing and clapping various exercises, reading of rhythmic notation and the study of various techniques used in Indian and Afro-Cuban music

Learning Outcomes

1. Be adept at accurately subdividing given pulses
2. Be aware of the different claves in Afro-Cuban music
3. Be familiar with the Korvai concept in Indian music
4. Be adept at rhythmic reading
5. Be able to reproduce given polyrhythms through singing and clapping simultaneously
6. Have a very strong overall rhythmic technique

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Workshop	24	Weekly, A one-hour lecture-workshop
Independent Study	101	Practical work and rhythmic practice
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Skills that lead to more complete rhythmic awareness
Skills that lead to more complete rhythmic awareness will be demonstrated and information given on effective ways to practice these skills. Content will aim, through physical practice, to develop the rhythmic technique of participants through such techniques as: ° Subdivision skills, ° Knowledge of Korvais ° Knowledge of Claves ° Polyrhythmic singing and clapping ° Rhythmic reading ° Rhythmic Displacement skills

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Participation	Engagement with the material	20%	As required
Practical/skills evaluation	Each candidate will practice mastering a series of rhythmic tasks, all of which will have been covered in the Rhythm Studies module during the current academic year	80%	Sem 2 End

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories: Resit category 1: A resit is available for both* components of the module. Resit category 2: No resit is available for a 100% continuous assessment module. Resit category 3: No resit is available for the continuous assessment component where there is a continuous assessment and examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a Continuous Assessment/Examination split; where the module is 100% continuous assessment, there will also be a resit of the assessment
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Louis Bellson, Gil Breines: 2000, Modern Reading Text, Alfred Publishing Company, 0769233775

Other Resources

38442, App, 0, Electronic Metronome App, 38443, App, Battisti, Mauro, 2014, Drumgenius, Projazz Lab,