COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MUSICAL ANALYSIS II

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZB 6036 MUSICAL ANALYSIS II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Musicology

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR IBRAHIM YAVUZ YÜKSELSIN

Offered to

Musicology

Course Objective

The aim of this course is bring students in transcription and analysing skills for grasp and explain the relations between sonic/timbral structure of music and its cultural context.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To describe the methods and techniques for analysing of music.
2   To analyze sonic/timbral characteristics of music with aural and technological tools.
3   To explain the importance and role of musical analysis for producing of scientific knowledge
4   To review and refer international literature on musical analysis.
5   To report and present the results of research which obtained with musical analysis.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Meter and `Tal in North Indian Music I
2 Meter and `Tal in North Indian Music II
3 Analysing Popular Songs: Language, Song Text and Melody Relation.
4 Assessment of Assignments
5 Field Recordings and Prepare to Analysis.
6 Digitalization of Analog Field Recording
7 Visualization of Music: Spectral Analysis
8 A Spectral Analysis on the Cultural and Timbral Difference between Violins of Western and Turkish Art Music
9 Spectral Analysis Study 1
10 Spectral Analysis Study 2
11 Spectral Analysing Throath Tunes of Yorouks
12 Spectral Analysing Throath Tunes of Yorouks
13 Audio-Visual Analysing of Music Videos
14 Submitting of Final Assignments

Recomended or Required Reading

Beaudry, Nicole. 1978. Toward Transcription and Analysis of Inuit Throat Games: Macro structure. Ethnomusicology 22:261-273.
Blum, Stephen. 1992. Analysis of Musical Style . Ethnomusicology: an Introduction, ed. Helen Myers. New York: Norton and London: Macmillan, (Norton/Grove Handbooks in Music), pp. 165-218.
Clayton, Martin. Le metre et le tal dans la musique de l Inde du Nord , Cahiers de Musiques Traditionelles 10, s.169-189 dan ingilizceye çeviren Georges Goormaghtigh Metre and Tal in North Indian Music .
Nattiez, Jean-Jacques. (1983). Some Aspects of Inuit Vocal Games. Ethnomusicology 27(3):457-475.
Roberts, Caroline. 1998. Sosyal Araştırmada Müzik ve Tını: Metodolojik Sorunlar ve Nitelik , çev: Ibrahim Yavuz Yükselsin, Music and Sound in Social Research: Questions of Methodology and Quality
Seeger, Anthony. (1987). Why Suya Sing: A musical anthropology of an Amazonian people. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Courses:
The courses are theoretical and partly applied. Applied works consist of technical skills which are given examples by instructor and discussion reports of students in classroom.
Assignments:
Assignments aims to orientate the students to research on specific topics; and aims to presentation and discussion of results in class environment. Assignments are perform as individually and each student delivers minimum 3 works as assignment.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PAR PARTICIPATION
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.40 + PAR * 0.10 + FCG * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 RST RESIT ASG * 0.40 +PAR * 0.10 + RST * 0.50


*** 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. Attendance to 70% of lectures is compulsory.
2. Every kind of plagiarism is subject to official investigation
3. Deadline of assignments must be strictly followed.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

E-mail: iyavuz@deu.edu.tr
Tel: 0-232 - 412 92 03

Office Hours

Could be contacted at any time during course days

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparing assignments 3 8 24
Preparing Final Report 1 15 15
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 155

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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