COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CLASSICAL WESTERN MUSIC THEORY AND PRACTICING 1

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZE 1001 CLASSICAL WESTERN MUSIC THEORY AND PRACTICING 1 COMPULSORY 2 2 0 5

Offered By

Music Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ESIN UÇAL CANAKAY

Offered to

Music Teacher Education

Course Objective

To be able to gain the knowledge and skills which necessary for analyzing the theoretical structure of music, to gain tonal hearing, to write dictation by listening on the piano and gain the skills on sightreading.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Gains the basic knowledge about music and uses on musical hearing, reading and writing studies.
2   Gains tonal hearing.
3   Writes the pitches on notation by listening on the piano.
4   Determines the time signature on a listening melody.
5   Reads the tonal solfege pieces.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic knowledge about notation, musical hearing and writing studies , reading solfege.
2 Interwals, musical hearing and writing studies, reading solfege.
3 Major/minor scales, musical hearing and writing studies, reading solfege.
4 Major/minor scales, musical hearing and writing studies, reading solfege.
5 Time signatures, musical hearing and writing studies, reading solfege.
6 Time signatures, musical hearing and writing studies , reading solfege.
7 Studies syncope, musical hearing writing studies, reading solfege.
8 Midterm exam and musical hearing writing studies
9 Musical hearing and writing studies, reading solfege.
10 Music terminology, musical hearing and writing studies, reading solfege.
11 Music terminology, musical hearing and writing studies, reading solfege.
12 Musical hearing and writing studies, reading solfege.
13 Musical hearing and writing studies, reading solfege.
14 Musical hearing and writing studies, reading solfege.
15 Final exam.

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Ali Sevgi (2000). Çoksesli Dikte ve Okuma Parçaları, Yurtrenkleri Yayınları, Ankara.
2. Albert Lavignac. Des Solfeges, 1A.
3. Ron Gorow (1999). Hearing and Writing Music, September Publishing , California.
4. Hollis Dann (1912). Musical Dictation, American Book Company.
5. Ülkü Özgür, Salih Aydoğan (1999). Müziksel Işitme Okuma, Sözkesen Matbaası, Ankara.
6. Erzsebet Hegyi (1987). Solfege According to the Kodaly Concept, Hungary.
7. Hüseyin Egemen, (2003). Sistematik Solfej Öğretimi, Bemol Müzik Yayınları, Istanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, practicing.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

mid-term and final exam success, attendance to the courses

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

attendance to the courses is essential

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

esin.canakay@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

all days of the week

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Tutorials 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 22 22
Preparation for final exam 1 22 22
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 126

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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