Enhancing Delivery Quality and Interactions on Zoom with Pre-recorded Micro-Modules for Fundamentals of Tonal Music II
Principal Supervisors

Professor CHAN Kai Young Brian (Department of Music)

Duration

8 months

Approved Budget

HK $96,280

 
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Abstract

The sound quality of Zoom meeting is undesirable for playbacks of audio examples in music courses. If Zoom is the sole source of eLearning in these courses, the effectiveness of teaching and learning will be compromised. Thus, it is imperative that micro-modules with high audio quality be developed to enhance students’ learning of the core concepts and allow more time in the Zoom session for group interaction and feedback on the learning progress. 

A core course of the Department of Music, the course Fundamental of Tonal Music II introduces students to the basic concepts of tonal music from the western classical music tradition through listening, reading, and writing music. An important part of the course is to train students the creative skills of writing harmony for a melody through hands-on experience. This project aims to produce a total of three video-modules that covers three proposed topics: scale degree and harmonic function, cadences, and common progressions. These areas are chosen because delivery with quality audio is fundamental to the understanding of these concepts. In addition, it is often time-consuming to take care of students of varying abilities in these areas, and they are fundamental to understanding and creating harmonies for a piece of music. 

Students are expected to go through the core concepts through videos, complete assignments, and share and discuss their work with the instructor and their peers. Music examples will be transcribed and notated with an engraving software, and the audio examples will either be recorded acoustically or produced by the use of midi and virtual instrument technology. Students will also be able to hear their music they write through computer simulation.