COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PIANO IV

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZS 2002 PIANO IV ELECTIVE 1 1 0 5

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
Musicology
Music Technology

Course Objective

to improve skills as technique, visual understanding, kinetic keyboard manipulation and musical expression using piano repertory for beginners, major, minor and chromatic scales, chords and arpeggios.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   play paralell scales in different tones with right technique
2   play paralell arpeggios in different tones with right technique
3   interprete the pieces accurate technique and musical expression
4   interprete more complex musical terms about dynamics, tempo and expression
5   play little piano pieces from different ages including various techniques

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

MZS 2001 - Piano III

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Deciding piano piece for suitible level
2 Practicing the pieces. Scales an arpeggios
3 Practicing etudes toward piano pieces
4 Age and sylistic features of piano pieces
5 Accurate tempos and dynamics of pieces
6 Practicing pieces, etudes, scales and arpeggios
7 Chromatic scales, desiding new pieces
8 Age, form and sylistic analyse of piano pieces
9 Musical expression
10 Mid-term exam
11 Deciding new pieces and scales and arpeggios
12 Musical phrases of pieces
13 Accurate tempos and dynamics of pieces
14 Final jury evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Çimen, G.; Ercan, N. (2006)Piyano Albümü. Arkadaş Yayınları, 2.Baskı, Ankara.
Piano Pieces for Children No.3 (Maxwell Eckstein)
Sonatinen und Kleiner Vortragsstücke (Paul Schafer, Adolf Ruthardt)
Der Junge Pianist (Richard Krentzlin)
Czerny Op.599, 849, 299,Duvernoy, Burgmuller, Hanon Etudes
Johann Sebastian BACH (Der Erste Bach, Little Preludes)
Beethoven, Kuhlau, Clementi, Diabelli and Mozart Sonatines
Schumann (Young Album, Children Scenes, Tchaikovski (Young Album)
Oscar Peterson (Complete Jazz For The Young Pianist)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The student level of piano technics and repertory are assigned by the instructor and every student is given the syllabus is assigned by the instructor unless under the program level.
Lessons are doing individual. In these lessons, instructor explains learning subject 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

Tuesday: 13:00-16:00

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 6 78
Preparation for midterm exam 3 2 6
Preparation for final exam 5 2 10
Preparing assignments 5 2 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 132

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.313531
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LO.513531