COURSE UNIT TITLE

: VOCAL TRAINING 1

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZE 1005 VOCAL TRAINING 1 COMPULSORY 1 0 0 1

Offered By

Music Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR TÜLAY EKICI

Offered to

Music Teacher Education

Course Objective

To give attitudes to music teacher candidates to use their own voice in speaking and singing in a healthy, correct, beautiful and effective manner and to provide educator compotence in voice education

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learns basic information to use natural and healthy his/her own voice.
2   Learns basic information to human voice system and physiology.
3   Comprehens preliminary studies prepared to controlled singing and learns to controlled use of diaphragm breath.
4   Learns basic elements in correct and aesthetic voice production.
5   Learns different songs from Turkish and world voice literature.
6   Gets the lifelong learning habit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General information on voice training, goals of voice training and the importance of voice education in music teacher training. with the introduction voice with the introduction of a known song. volume
2 Giving basic information about human voice and respiratory anatomy, voice production and protection of voice health voice, exercises and determination of the voice through a well known song
3 Giving information about technical studies in preparation for the course and practising (mental and physical relaxation, posture and exercises for the development diaphragmatic breathing.
4 Mental-physical relaxation and breathing exercises. Resonance studies with closed mouse exercise. Voice exercises with different vocals. Beginning of the Vaccaj method.
5 New songs studies from Vaccaj method and determination of the examination songs.
6 Studying with piano accompaniment and memorization of examination songs.
7 Course repetition and Mid-term exam.
8 Course repetition and Mid-term exam
9 Technical preparatory exercises. Voice exercises with various intervals within an octave and new song studies from Vaccaj method and piano accompanied folk songs and school songs methods.
10 Technical preparatory exercises. Voice exercises with various intervals within an octave and continuation of the new songs studies from Vaccaj method and piano accompanied folk songs and school songs methods.
11 Technical preparatory exercises. Voice exercises to legato and staccato techniques and musical studies on the chosen songs.
12 Technical preparatory exercises. Identification and detailed study of examination songs.
13 Strengthening studies with piano accompaniment and memorization of examination songs
14 Course repetition
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Vaccaj (Nicola Vaccaj), Unterrichtslieder (Paul Losse), Concone (Giuseppe Concone), Folk Songs and Songs for School with Piano Accompaniment (Saip Egüz).

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, question and answer, demonstration, sampling, methods of supporting memory, repetition, memorization.

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

Performance-based assessment

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Course attendance and development status

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

tulay.ekici@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Every day one hour

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 1 13
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 5 1 5
Preparation for midterm exam 3 2 6
Preparation for final exam 5 2 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 36

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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