COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BASIC MUSICAL CONCEPTS II

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZK 1006 BASIC MUSICAL CONCEPTS II COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Department of Musicology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR LEVENT ERGUN

Offered to

Music Sciences
Music Technology
Musicology

Course Objective

This lecture provides the student to be able to discuss musical concepts and terminology within various contexts by considering the relevant varibales and thus prepares the student to be able analyse audio and video samples by the gained background.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Classify musical genres,
2   Explain the features of musical genres,
3   Define musical genres,
4   Analyse musical audio samples ın terms of form,
5   Write musical terms for music dictionaries,
6   Analyse video samples by way of the terminology gained.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Melody
2 Melody
3 Modal, tonal and atonal music
4 Tuning, intonation and heterophony
5 Prosody
6 Notation
7 Musical genre classification and musical genres
8 Criteria for the classification of musical works
9 Criteria for the classification of musical works
10 Midterm
11 Criteria for the classification of musical works
12 Criteria for the classification of musical works
13 Criteria for the classification of musical works
14 Review of the course

Recomended or Required Reading

Text Book(s)/Required Readings:
Apel, Willi (2003) Harvard Dictionary of Music. Heinemann Educational Books Ltd. London

Additional Sources:
_____________ (1997) The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (ed. By Stanley Sadie). London.
_____________(1997) Musical Instruments of the World. Sterling Publishing Co. Inc. New York.
Erol, Ayhan (2009) Müzik Üzerine Düşünmek, Istanbul: Bağlam Yayınları
Complementary Materials:
Audio and video samples

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The lecture is given by reviewing the musical genre classifications and defining the criteria of musical genre classification based on various audio samples. Therefore audio and video samples are analysed.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 ATT ATTENDANCE
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.30 + ATT * 0.10 + FIN * 0.30
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.30 + ATT * 0.10 + RST * 0.30


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Exams:
It targerts to measure whether students have achieved the knowledge based competences defined in learning outcomes.
Assignment:
It is essential for success that the students understand the musical concepts and conveys them in writing. The students need to reach as many resources instead of just benefiting from one is expected.
Attendance in the course:
The score to be obtained from the student s attendance depend on a) attendance status of the course, b) the quality of the students answers to the questions asked by the instructor during the course, c) the quality of the technical, formal and oral narration in the presentation and (d) the contrubition of the student to the creation of the positive learning environment.

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 and presentations should be strictly followed.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Tel: 232 - 301 68 51
e-mail: levent.ergun@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday: 13.00-16.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparing assignments 1 16 16
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 95

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.111
LO.21111
LO.31111
LO.431
LO.5511
LO.6511