This module provides you with the necessary foundations for studying music. Key areas include popular music studies essentials, music harmony and composition basics, live sound set up, digital audio workstation fundamentals, essential performance skills (for students on the Popular Music Performance and Commercial Music pathways), recording techniques (for students on the Commercial Music and Music Production pathways) and music production.  Study of these areas will prepare you for more advanced learning in these areas at Level 5.

You will have an opportunity to apply some of the skills developed in Music Undergraduate Fundamentals to a live performance and / or recording and production context.  For example, if you are on the Popular Music Performance pathway you may perform in a choir, and if you are on the Music Production pathway, you may record and mix the choir performance.  Students on the Commercial Music pathway may either perform or record and mix.  This all may be in a studio context, and/or in a larger room with the recording being undertaken on portable studio equipment.