COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MAJOR INSTRUMENT I (VOICE)

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZÖ 1029 MAJOR INSTRUMENT I (VOICE) ELECTIVE 1 0 0 2

Offered By

Music Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

INSTRUCTOR TÜLAY EKICI

Offered to

Music Teacher Education

Course Objective

Gain behaviors to music teacher candidates, to use their own voices healty, correct, beautiful and effective in speech and singing and gain competence in voice training instructor.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learns basic information to use natural and healthy his/her own voice.
2   Learns basic information to human voice system and physiology.
3   Comprehends preliminary studies prepared to controlled singing and learns to controlled use of diaphragm breath.
4   Learns basic elements in correct and aesthetic voice production.
5   Learns different songs from Turkish and world voice literature.
6   Gets the lifelong learning habit.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General information on voice training, goals of voice training and the importance of voice education in music teacher training.
2 Giving basic information about human voice and respiratory anatomy, voice production and protection of voice health. Sound work and determination of the status of a known volume of the song.
3 Giving information about technical studies in preparation for the course and practising (mental and physical relaxation, posture and exercises for the development of diaphragmatic breathing.)
4 Mental/physical relaxation and breathing exercises. Resonance studies with closed mouse exercise. Vocal exercises with different vocals
5 Mental/physical relaxation exercises, breath exercises, voice exercises and starting to the method of Vaccaj.
6 Studying with piano accompaniment and memorization of examination songs.
7 Study week
8 Mid-term exam
9 Technical preparatory exercises. Voice exercises with various intervals within an octave and new songs studies from Vaccaj method.
10 Technical preparatory exercises. Voice exercises with various intervals within an octave and continuation of the new songs studies.
11 Technical preparatory exercises. Voice exercises to legato and staccato techniques and musical studies on the chosen songs.
12 Technical preparatory exercises and the new song studies .
13 Technical preparatory exercises. Identification and detailed study of examination songs.
14 Strengthening studies with piano accompaniment and memorization of examination songs
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Vaccaj (Nicola Vaccaj), Unterrichtslieder (Paul Losse) Concone (Giuseppe Concone), Accompaniment Folk Songs and Songs For School (Saip Egüz)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, question and answer, demonstration, sampling, methods of supporting memory, repetition, memorization.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 +FINS * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

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)
Lectures 13 1 13
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Midterm Preparation 5 2 10
Final Preparation 5 2 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 48

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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