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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZK 2028 TRADITIONAL TURKISH FOLK MUSIC 2 ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Composition

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle(Bachelor's Degree)/Second Cycle(Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AYSIM DOLGUN ILDIZ

Offered to

Composition
Composition

Course Objective

To acknowledge the Students of Composition and Orchestral Conductor of the Art Dept. about the Main variaties of Turkish Folk Music, its methods, aspects and the structure of melody, also to highlight about using it as a tool and to apply it during the composing process.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To comprehend the melodical structure of the traditional folk music.
2   To be able to provide the necessary rythm of this type of music.
3   Being able to correctly define the form.
4   Important examples of Uzun Hava and Kırık Hava , can be learnt by resolution method and can be analyzed.
5   Being able to understand the variaties of the lyrical and musical instrumentals and the important instruments and their orchestral works.
6   To apply practical solutions on how to play our folk melodies on piano and avoiding possible troubles.
7   To apply the knowledge of whole Folk Music on composing studies while advancing research methadologies.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Studying and comparison of Turkish Folk Music based on the region Determination of regional characteristics of different regions
2 A closer study on regions and local areas with examples
3 A Study based on the style of the ''Kırık Havalar'' and its characteristics
4 A Study based on the style of the ''Uzun Havalar'' and its characteristics.
5 Comparison between ''Uzun Havalar'' and New Music
6 Notation problem of 'Uzun Havalar'' and graphical notation
7 The Study of major musical instruments of Turkish Folk Music and structure and how-to-play characteristics
8 The two basic musical instruments of Turkish Folk music: Shrill Pipe (Zurna) and Drum (Davul) The study of instrumental characteristics of these two basic instruments.
9 The Family of ''Bağlama'' Studying the evaluation of the instrumental characteristics of ''Bağlama'', ''cura'', ''tambura'' and ''divan sazı''
10 Vocalization of Turkish Folk Music and orchestration problems
11 Turkish Folk Music in foreign resources Foreign studies and researches on our Folk Music
12 Melodical structure and orchestration of ''Oyun Havaları''
13 Authentication problem of Turkish Folk Music
14 General evaluation of the subjects

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Necati Gedikli: Bilimselliğin Merceğinde Geleneksel Musikilerimiz ve Sorunları, 1999
2. Muzaffer Sarısözen: Türk Halk Musikisi Usulleri, 1962
3. Sadi Yaver Ataman: Türk Halk Sazları, 1938
4. Atınç Emnalar: Türk Halk Müziği, 2000
5. Necati Gedikli: Yapı ve Çalınış Özelliklerine Göre Türk Halk Çalgıları, 1992

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Courses:
The Lecture is given, by the lecturer, theoritically with the related basics about Turkish Folk Music while benefitting from the scientific resources while comparing directly.

Homeworks:
Homeworks consist of theoritical written works of the content of the course itself and encourage students to make research on different resources.

Assessment Methods

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


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Exams:
The Questions will be consist of the subjects treated in the course. Students will answer the questions on the paper that is given by the lecturer.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
lecture 13 2 26
Weekly course preparations (course materials, read articles, etc.). 14 1 14
preparation of midterm exam 1 4 4
0
midterm exam 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 46

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.111
LO.211
LO.311
LO.4211
LO.51
LO.611
LO.72112