Experimenting as a Researcher

Experimenting as a researcher

Throughout the course you will engage in activities to analyze music from diverse local and global contexts. These will take the form of

• rationales to justify the choice of source, context and link to an area of inquiry

• commentaries to explain the experimentation process and how the pieces evolve

You will submit a research and experiment report of 1,500 words (max).

What should you do as a researcher in experimenting?

Analyze music and apply the findings to your practical experiments by continuously refining your work in the light of your research thus prompting more lines of inquiry

Through experimenting as researchers, you will gain deeper understanding about music by:

• analyzing music to inform your own work

• reflecting on how the music you are studying will inform your own practice

• reflecting on how to develop the music you are working on

• making musical decisions in relation to your findings

• experimenting with musical material, musical findings and musical skills.

Journal

Regular notes of the experimentation process

Collection of rationales and commentaries

Evidence of research into diverse local and global musics

Links to areas of inquiry