COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TONAL HARMONY 1

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZK 2029 TONAL HARMONY 1 COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Music Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ESIN UÇAL CANAKAY

Offered to

Music Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to develop students' ability to harmonize given melodies using four-part writing and to analyze the harmonic structure of musical compositions within a tonal framework.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Identifies whether the notes in a given melody correspond to the tonic, subdominant, or dominant degrees of the tonality.
2   Harmonizes in chorale style using root position and first and second inversion chords.
3   Conducts tonal analysis of musical works appropriate to the student's level.
4   Harmonizes a given bass or soprano part.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Review of triads learned in the previous semester, figured-bass exercises.
2 Chord connections with and without common tones.
3 Harmonization of soprano part with tonic, subdominant, or dominant chords in root position.
4 Continuation of soprano harmonization with root position chords.
5 Harmonization of bass part with tonic, subdominant, or dominant chords in root position.
6 Harmonization of soprano part using first inversion chords.
7 Harmonization of bass part using first inversion chords.
8 General review, course evaluation, midterm exam
9 Harmonization exercises using root and first inversion chords for bass and soprano parts.
10 Harmonization exercises in keys with two sharps and two flats.
11 Use of second inversion chords in harmonization.
12 Continuation of harmonization with second inversion chords.
13 Further exercises with second inversion chords.
14 Harmonization using root, first, and second inversion chords for both bass and soprano parts.
15 Final Exam.

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Walter Piston (1987). Harmony (Fifth Edition).
2. N. Rimsky Korsakof (1996). Kuramsal ve Uygulamalı Armoni (Çev. Ahmet Muhtar Ataman), Levent Müzikevi, Izmir.
3. Theodore Dubois. Harmony.
4. Nurhan Cangal (1999). Armoni, Arkadaş Yayınevi, Ankara.
5. Tevfik Tutu (1986). Çözümlemeli Armoni, MEY Müzik Eserleri Yayınları.
6. Memduh Özdemir (2001). Armoni, Kanyılmaz Matbaacılık, Izmir.
7. Zarife Bakihanova (2003). Armoni. Yorum Matbaası, Ankara.
8. Stefan Kostka ve Dorothy Payne (2004). Tonal Harmony, McGraw Hill, New York.
9. Marcell Dupre (2004). Cours de Contrpoint (Çev. Turan Sağer), Bemol Müzik Yayınları, Istanbul.
10. Aynur Elhankızı (2015). Armoni Klasik Batı Sistemine Rus Ekolü Yaklaşımları, Eğitim Yayınevi.
11. Oğuz Usman (2017). Temel Armoni: Çok Sesli Batı Müziğinde Yazım ve Analiz.
12. Gökhan Özdemir (2022). Armoni ve Eşlikleme. Müzik Eğitimi Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures and applied exercises

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Students will be evaluated based on their proficiency in both theoretical and practical aspects demonstrated throughout the course, timely and complete submission of assignments, performance in the midterm and final exams, and class attendance.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

esin.canakay@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 1 14
Tutorials 10 1 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 62

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.1123411215411
LO.2123411215411
LO.3123411215411
LO.4123411215411

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