COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ADVANCED MAJOR EDUCATION I (MUSIC THEORY)

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GSM 5001 ADVANCED MAJOR EDUCATION I (MUSIC THEORY) ELECTIVE 2 0 0 8

Offered By

Music Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

INSTRUCTOR OĞUZ ÖZCAN

Offered to

Music Teacher Education

Course Objective

To comprehend music theory on advanced level.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Demonstrate main concepts of music forms and harmony.
2   Explain various music forms and chord designs according to their principal aspects.
3   Recognize non-harmonic tones used in Baroque, Classic and Romantic periods.
4   Assess structural designs and tonal degrees of chords that involve multiple non-harmonic tones.
5   Analyse the place and importance of the smallest formal and harmonic unit within the whole design.
6   Interpret the effects of functional harmony on the overall design of works.
7   Analyse all chord types, altered chords, non-chord tones, secondary dominants and modulations.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Lied Forms
2 Sonata Allegro
3 Rondo
4 Theme and Variations
5 Baroque Variations
6 Invention
7 Fugue
8 Midterm Exam
9 Triads and inversions
10 7th and 9th Chords and inversions
11 Secondary dominants
12 Non-harmonic notes
13 Alterations
14 Modulation: Diatonic, Chromatic and Enharmonic
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Gren, D.M., Form in Tonal Music , Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. New York, 1979
Bora, Uzay, Müzikte Form , Prizma Matbaacılık Ltd. Şti., Izmir, 2004
Benjamin, Thomas; Horvit, Michael; Nelson, Robert; Techniques and Materials of Tonal Music , Wadsworth Publishing Company, Belmont CA, 1992
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
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, personal study, discussion.

Assessment Methods

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

For pass with distinction: The student is able to work independently, demonstrates choice of appropriate methods and format and has documented findings appropriately. The student demonstrates a developed scientific approach.

For pass: The student demonstrates choice of appropriate methods and format and has documented findings appropriately. The student demonstrates an understanding of scientific method.

Fail: Incomplete report findings are poorly documented, no sign of scientific awareness.

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)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 13 5 65
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 7 91
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 201

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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