COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PIANO I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZK 1011 PIANO I COMPULSORY 1 1 0 3

Offered By

Department of Musicology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ELIF TEKIN GÜRGEN

Offered to

Music Sciences
Music Technology
Musicology

Course Objective

to apply fundamental behaviours of piano playing using a piano method for beginners and to develop student's piano performance.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   have accurate posture
2   apply arm, hand and finger positions properly on the keyboard
3   read and perform piano notation
4   demonstrate fundamental piano techniques and information
5   play etudes in major and minor keys
6   play common chord constructions in major and minor keys
7   play piano pieces with musical expression terms

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: assignment of lesson material, proper posture at piano Talking about right sitting, position of shoulders, arms, hands and fingers, identify the instrument and note reading
2 Continuation of the previous lesson
3 Right hand exercises and basic technics Names of notes, duration and fingers
4 Left hand exercises and basic technics Names of notes, duration and fingers
5 Hands together
6 Playing five finger patterns etudes including paralel and opposite movements
7 C-major and simple time signatures
8 Common chord progressions
9 Chord inversions in C major and A Minor
10 Mid-term exam
11 Playing compound time signature etudes in right tempo and dynamics. Interpreting simple musical signs 6/8, rests, musical phrases, finger numbers, accents, reprises etc.
12 Playing chords and etudes in five finger patterns in different tones
13 Technical studies
14 Final jury evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Beyer Preparatory Piano School For Young Students,
Bartok -Mikrokosmos,
Gül ÇIMEN-Nevhiz ERCAN -Piano Album

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The student's level of piano technics and repertory are assigned by the instructor and every student is given the syllabus assigned by the instructor unless under the program level.
Lessons are given to each student individual. In these lessons, instructor explains learning subjects at piano using piano sheets and gives feedback and homework etudes after the student playing.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 COM COMMITTEE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + COM * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Exams aim to measure whether students have achieved the compentencies defined in the learning outcomes. Each student will be evaluated individually on the program determined by the instructor, not below the program level.
Playing all the pieces that responsible for the exam, the accuracy of the notes, dynamics, tempo and rhythm, the student's progress during the semester, the ability to prepare the given pieces on time, the attendance to the course and the attitude towards the course will be taken as criteria for evaluation.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

%80 attendance is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Tel: 232 3016756
E-mail: elif.tekin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday: 13: 30- 16: 00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 1 13
Tutorials 13 1 13
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 3 2 6
Preparation for final exam 5 1 5
Preparing assignments 5 1 5
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 83

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17PO.18
LO.15
LO.215
LO.3115
LO.4115
LO.5115
LO.6115
LO.7115

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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