Syllabus content and objectives
Official JAMB Music outline · Section D: History and Literature of Western Music
Contents / notes
- Musical forms: binary, ternary, rondo, sonata allegro, dance suite, canon, free fantasia and theme and variation.
- Orchestral and band instruments and their classifications.
- The human voice: types, ranges and qualities.
- Keyboard instruments: organ, piano and electronic keyboard.
- Other instruments: ukulele, banjo, guitar, mandolin, harp, accordion, xylophone and marimba.
- Computer music technology and software: Finale, Sibelius, Cubase, Reason and Sound Forge Nero.
- Tuning fork and pitch pipe.
- Introduction to artificial intelligence in music technology: meaning, evolutionary trend and historical background.
- Types and applications of AI tools in music composition.
- AI-powered music generators.
Candidate objectives
- Identify the general forms and various types of instruments in Western music.
- Relate music to modern technology.
- Assess the contributions of artificial intelligence to music.
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