COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ADVANCED TECHNIQUES OF COUNTERPOINT II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MAS 5188 ADVANCED TECHNIQUES OF COUNTERPOINT II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Music

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR ONUR NURCAN

Offered to

Music

Course Objective

To analyze advanced counterpoint techniques employed in Baroque period through theoretical knowledge. The course is designed for piano students, thus, it is not oriented for composition using advanced counterpoint techniques, but rather for analysis of advanced techniques of counterpoint. The main objective is to enable a piano student to perform Baroque era works with theoretical awareness.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understand polyphonic techniques used in Baroque period.
2   Analyze writing techniques and compositional genres such as Toccata, Prelude, Ground Bass, Chaconne, Passacaglia, Invention and Fugue.
3   Assess similarities and dissimilarities of these techniques.
4   - Explain fundamentals of counterpoint
5   Make a list of reasons why a particular composition, analyzed visually and audially, is written by a certain composer.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Invention
2 Invention (continued)
3 Invention (continued)
4 Fugue: Subject, Answer, Counter-Subject
5 Fugue: Tonal Answer - Real Answer
6 Fugue: Exposition
7 Fugue: Development
8 Fugue: Episodes
9 Fugue: Middle entries
10 Fugue: Final section
11 Fugue: Stretto and Coda
12 Fugue: Analysis
13 Fugue: Analysis
14 Fugue: Analysis
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Kennan, Kent, Tonal Counterpoint, Prentice-Hall, Inc., New Jersey, 1999
Gren, D.M., Form in Tonal Music, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. New York, 1979
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Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

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

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.70 + FCG * 0.30
4 RST RESIT
5 RST RESIT ASG * 0.70 + RST * 0.30

Further Notes About Assessment Methods


EXAMS: A Final exam will be held at the end of the semester and a student will earn 30% of his/her grade through this exam.

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS: A student will earn 70% of his/her grade via homework assignments given throughout the semester.

Assessment Criteria

: Written exam (Final) 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)

onur.nurcan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Theoretical 14 3 42
Pre Class Self Study 14 4 56
Final Preparation 1 4 4
Paper Preparation 14 3 42
Final Exam 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 147

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.13541
LO.22351
LO.31541
LO.43451
LO.52531

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