COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SINGING HARMONY 4

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KNS 4050 SINGING HARMONY 4 ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Opera

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AYSIM DOLGUN ILDIZ

Offered to

Opera

Course Objective

To comprehend the principles of functional harmony, chord structures and the rules of four-part (SATB) harmony through theoretical knowledge.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Demonstrate main concepts of harmony.
2   Explain dissimilar chord structures according to their principal aspects.
3   Recognize non-harmonic tones used in works of Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods.
4   Determine the construction and scale degrees of chords that include numerous non-harmonic tones.
5   Analyse the place and importance of the smallest harmonic unit within the whole design.
6   Interpret the effects of functional harmony on the overall design of works.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Dominant 7th Chord: In root position and first inversion.
2 Dominant 7th Chord: In second and third inversion.
3 Exercises in four part with Dominant 7th Chord in root position.
4 Exercises in four part with Dominant 7th Chord in first inversion.
5 Exercises in four part with Dominant 7th Chord in second inversion.
6 Exercises in four part with Dominant 7th Chord in third inversion.
7 Exercises in four part with Dominant 7th Chord including all inversions.
8 Bass realization with triads and Dominant 7th chords. No modulation
9 Bass realization with triads and Dominant 7th chords. No modulation
10 Bass realization with triads and Dominant 7th chords. With secondary dominants
11 Bass realization with triads and Dominant 7th chords. With secondary dominants
12 Bass realization with triads and Dominant 7th chords. With diatonic modulation
13 Bass realization with triads and Dominant 7th chords. With diatonic modulation
14 Midterm Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Clough & Conley, Basic Harmonic Progressions , W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York, 1984
Korsakov, N. R., Kuramsal ve Uygulamalı Armoni , Çev. Ataman, A. M., Levent Müzik Evi, Izmir, 1996
Benjamin, Thomas; Horvit, Michael; Nelson, Robert; Techniques and Materials of Tonal Music , Wadsworth Publishing Company, Belmont CA, 1992
Cangal, Nurhan; Armoni , Arkadaş Yayınevi, Ankara, 2005
Özdemir, Memduh, Armoni , Kanyılmaz Matbaacılık, Izmir, 2001
Lecture notes
Examples from music literature

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Instruction, self-study, analysis, discussion, homework assignments.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE
3 RST RESIT
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE RST


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

EXAMS: A midterm exam will be held at the end of the semester; a student will earn 60% of his/her grade through this exam.

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS: A student will earn 40% of his/her grade via homework assignments/papers given throughout the semester.

Assessment Criteria

Written exam and homework assignments aim at evaluating whether or not a student has achieved theoretical and applied proficiency as described in Learning Outcomes.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Theoretical 13 2 26
Midterm Preparation 1 2 2
Paper Preparation 13 1 13
Midterm Exam 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 43

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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