COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HARMONY I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZK 2005 HARMONY I COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Department of Musicology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ELIF TEKIN GÜRGEN

Offered to

Music Sciences
Music Technology
Musicology

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide the students with the ability of constructing and writing triad chords over main and secondary notes using 4 part choral writing.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Apply the basic principles of 4 part choral writing,
2   Distinguish the differences of major and minor tones and their main and secondary degrees,
3   Write 4 part triad chords over any tonalities 1st, 2nd,4th, 5th and 6th degrees in root form,
4   Analyze polyphonic basic piano pieces chordally,
5   Make harmonic constructions over bass lines.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Intro: The concepts of Polyphonic Music Writing
2 Tonalities: Major and Minor3
3 Major Tonalities with sharps
4 Major Tonalities with flats
5 Minor Tonalities with sharps
6 Minor Tonalities with flats
7 Triad Chords in Root Form
8 Degrees of a Tonality
9 4 Part Choral Writing
10 Main Degrees I, IV and V in 4 part writing
11 Secondary degrees II and VI in 4 part Writing
12 Chord / Function Analysis
13 4 Part chord writing exercises
14 Midterm

Recomended or Required Reading

Kostka, Stefan ve Payne, Dorothy. 2008. Tonal Harmony (Tonal Armoni), ABD: McGraw-Hill
Cangal, Nurhan. 2010. Armoni, Ankara: Arkadaş Yayınları
Kostka, Stefan ve Payne, Dorothy. 2008. Workbook for Tonal Harmony (Tonal Armoni Çalışma Kitabı), ABD: McGraw-Hill

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The rules and techniques of polyphonic music writing will be given by the instructor with examples while the students will actively participate in the subjects in a turn based manner.
Home assignments will be given according to each subject to be delivered until the next class.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70% class participation is required.
Any type of plagiarism will result in disciplinary penalty.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ebru.guner@deu.edu.tr
232 4129550

Office Hours

Wednesday :14.00-16.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 3 3
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Preparing assignments 5 3 15
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 76

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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