COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MODERN JAZZ HARMONY II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MAS 5244 MODERN JAZZ HARMONY II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Music

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ONUR NURCAN

Offered to

Music

Course Objective

This course aims to familiarize the students with the fundamental concepts and elements of jazz harmony in accordance with modern approaches, and to supply them with the skills of analysis and synthesis using this knowledge.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Can relate suitable chord types with diminished and whole tone scales.
2   Can construct chord types with specific order of intervals, such as "So What", quartals, and upper structures, considering the melody note.
3   Can synthesize different chord progressions combining common chord progressions in various ways.
4   Can produce a melody for a chord progression, using chord-scales and various approach patterns.
5   Can produce a melody for a chord progression containing major and melodic minor modes, using pentatonic scales.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Diminished scale and its characteristics
2 Whole tone scale and its characteristics
3 "So What" chords and variants
4 Quartal chords; methods for constructing quartals for each mode of the prevalent scales
5 (cont.)
6 Upper Structures; definition, general classifications, all major and minor types of upper structures for altered dominants
7 Slash chords (inversion, hybrid, polychord)
8 Common chord progressions other than II V I (turnarounds, Backdoor progression, Coltrane matrix, and others) and variants
9 (cont.)
10 Phrase character specific to jazz, structure of melodies
11 Techniques for writing melodies over a given harmonic plan
12 (cont.)
13 Pentatonic scales, use of pentatonics in melodies containing major and melodic minor modes
14 (cont.)
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Main references:
Levine, M. The Jazz Theory Book. Sher Music Co., 1995.
Miller, R. Modal Jazz Composition & Harmony. Advance Music, 2000.

Other course materials: Exercises and presentations prepared by the tutor

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Each topic is explained on the staved board with sufficient examples, supported when necessary with piano, MIDI software on the computer, and excerpts from the repertoire. The students are assigned to apply it on examples they are given and/or they construct by themselves. The subject and application results are discussed. Short homework assignments are also regularly given.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 +ASG * 0.25 +FN * 0.45
5 RST RESIT
6 RST RESIT MTE * 0.30 +.sinavASG * 0.25 +RST * 0.45


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

One (written) midterm exam, an average of 3 homework assignments and one final exam will be given. The questions will consist of the topics covered during the lessons. The students will use the paper given for the exam to answer the questions. The assignments to be evaluated are those demanded to be turned in (by a priori notice from the teacher), except for the regular ones.

Assessment Criteria

Written exams and assignments aim to measure whether the students have fulfilled the goals defined in the learning outcomes.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

0232 412 9557

Office Hours

Tuesdays 14:00-15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Preparing assignments 3 2 6
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 126

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1222
LO.22213
LO.3124
LO.4254
LO.5254

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