COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COMPOSING TECHNIQUES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GSM 6022 COMPOSING TECHNIQUES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Music Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR BANU ÖZEVIN

Offered to

Music Teacher Education

Course Objective

To comprehend advanced methods and techniques of music composition.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Generate musical compositions in various forms and styles.
2   Determine the best suitable composition style for a particular work
3   Analyse different compositional techniques.
4   Describe characteristics of voice, piano and strings.
5   Explain standardized music forms used in Baroque, Classic and Romantic periods.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Composing in lied forms
2 Composing in lied forms (continued)
3 Composing in rondo form
4 Composing in rondo form (continued)
5 Composing in sonata allegro form
6 Composing in sonata allegro form (continued)
7 Composing in sonata allegro form (concluded)
8 Overview
9 Composing with polyphonic (contrapuntal) techniques: imitation
10 Composing with polyphonic (contrapuntal) techniques: canon
11 Composing with polyphonic (contrapuntal) techniques: invention
12 Composing with polyphonic (contrapuntal) techniques: fugue subject and counter-subject
13 Composing with polyphonic (contrapuntal) techniques: passacaglia
14 Composing with polyphonic (contrapuntal) techniques: chaconne
15 Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Clough & Conley, Basic Harmonic Progressions , W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York, 1984
Korsakov, N. R., Kuramsal ve Uygulamalı Armoni , Çev. Ataman, A. M., Levent Müzik Evi, Izmir, 1996
Benjamin, Thomas; Horvit, Michael; Nelson, Robert; Techniques and Materials of Tonal Music , Wadsworth Publishing Company, Belmont CA, 1992
Gren, D.M., Form in Tonal Music , Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. New York, 1979
Bora, Uzay, Müzikte Form , Prizma Matbaacılık Ltd. Şti., Izmir, 2004
Cangal, Nurhan; Armoni , Arkadaş Yayınevi, Ankara, 2005
Özdemir, Memduh, Armoni , Kanyılmaz Matbaacılık, Izmir, 2001
Kennan, Kent, Tonal Counterpoint , Prentice-Hall, Inc., New Jersey, 1999
Adler, Samuel, Workbook for The Study of Orchestration Second Edition , W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York, 1989
Levent, Necdet, Çalgı ve Orkestralama Bilgisi , Levent Müzikevi, Izmir, 1997
Lecture notes
Examples from literature

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Instruction, personal study, discussion.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRJ PROJECT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.40 + PRJ * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

For pass with distinction: The student is able to work independently, demonstrates choice of appropriate methods and format and has documented findings appropriately. The student demonstrates a developed scientific approach.

For pass: The student demonstrates choice of appropriate methods and format and has documented findings appropriately. The student demonstrates an understanding of scientific method.

Fail: Incomplete report findings are poorly documented, no sign of scientific awareness.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

esin.canakay@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparing assignments 1 3 3
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Reading 13 7 91
Project Assignment 1 1 1
Project Final Presentation 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 208

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.155345454
LO.255345454
LO.355345454
LO.455345454
LO.555345454

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