COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TURKISH FOLK MUSIC (ELECTIVE)

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÜOS 4020 TURKISH FOLK MUSIC (ELECTIVE) ELECTIVE 1 2 0 3

Offered By

Coaching Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Coaching Education

Course Objective

This course aims to build a structure about melody and rhythmic, genres,instruments and concepts on Turkish Folk Music.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Auditorily distinguish rhythmic features of folk music
2   Define and classify rhythmic features of Turkish Folk music
3   Identify instruments of Turkish Folk music and recognize them visual and auditory
4   Explain concepts of melodic structure in folk music
5   Identify genres of folk music
6   Explain concepts used in folk music

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction; folk music and definitions
2 Rhythmic structure in the Turkish Folk Music, long air and broken air (lit. Uzun hava and kırık hava)
3 Aerophones and idiophones in the Turkish Folk Music
4 Chordophones in the Turkish Folk Music
5 Relation of genres and music in the folk literature
6 Long air genres such as bozlak, ağıt, maya
7 midterm exam
8 Long air genres such as yüksek hava, hoyrat, gurbet havası
9 Broken air genres such as zeybeks and dance airs
10 Scale: definitions and types
11 Scale examples and chords on the baglama
12 Local and regional terminology in the Turkish Folk Music
13 Playing technics on the balgama such as şelpe
14 Ministrelsy tradition
15 final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Text Book(s)/Required Readings:
Coşkun, Köksal (1984) Türk Halk Müziğinde Ayak, DEÜ, GSF, Müzik Bilimleri Bölümü, Yayınlanmamış Lisans Tezi.
Turhan, Salih (2000) Türk Halk Müziğinde Çeşitli Görüşler, Ankara: Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı Yayınları.
Additional Sources:
Tüfekçi, Nida (1993) "Halk müziği", Cumhuriyet Dönemi Türkiye Ansiklopedisi, Cilt 6
Complementary Materials:
Audio and visual records.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Instructor will explain the basic concepts of Turkish Folk music and argue them with students. Features of genres, instruments and performance will be emphasized through visual and audio recordings.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Ara Sınav
2 FN Yarıyılsonu Sınavı
3 BNS BNS VZ * 0.40 + FN * 0.60
4 BUT Bütünleme Notu
5 BBN Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu VZ * 0.40 + BUT * 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

1. %70 of attendance is obligatory.
2. Every kind of plagiarism will be ended with disciplinary punishment.
3. Not attending the class will not be counted as a valid excuse for delivering the term paper after deadline.
4. Assignments delivered after deadline will not be accepted

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

Tuesday: 13.30-16.00
Wednesday: 13.30-16.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 5 2 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 67

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55
LO.65