COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MUSICAL ANALYSIS I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZB 6031 MUSICAL ANALYSIS I COMPULSORY 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Musicology

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IBRAHIM YAVUZ YÜKSELSIN

Offered to

Musicology

Course Objective

The aim of this course is bring students in transcription and analysing skills for grasp and explain the relations between sonic/timbral structure of music and its cultural context.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To describe the methods and techniques for analysing of music.
2   To analyze sonic/timbral characteristics of music with aural and technological tools.
3   To explain the importance and role of musical analysis for producing of scientific knowledge
4   To review and refer international literature on musical analysis.
5   To report and present the results of research which obtained with musical analysis.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Musical Analysis
2 Phenomenon of `Musical Analysis in Producing of Knowledge
3 Music and Sound in Social Research: Questions of Methodology and Quality
4 Relation of Musical Performance and Sociocultural Environment
5 Analysis of Musical Style I
6 Analysis of Musical Style II
7 Sound and Timbre as a Cultural Marker
8 Parameters of Sound: Terminology and Concepts
9 Parameters of Music
10 Models of Musical Transcription
11 Beginning to Transcription with Western Notation
12 Assessment of Assignments in Transcription with Western Notation
13 Assessment of Assignments in Transcription with Western Notation
14 Submitting of Final Assignments

Recomended or Required Reading

Beaudry, Nicole. 1978. Toward Transcription and Analysis of Inuit Throat Games: Macro structure. Ethnomusicology 22:261-273.
Blum, Stephen. 1992. Musical Style Analysis . Ethnomusicology: an Introduction, ed. Helen Myers. New York: Norton and London: Macmillan, (Norton/Grove Handbooks in Music), pp. 165-218.
Clayton, Martin. Le metre et le tal dans la musique de l Inde du Nord , Cahiers de Musiques Traditionelles 10, s.169-189 dan ingilizceye çeviren Georges Goormaghtigh Metre and Tal in North Indian Music .
http://www.dur.ac.uk/resources/music/metre_and_tal.pdf
Feld, S. (1984) Sound Structure as Social Structure. Ethnomusicology, 28(3): 383-409.
Tatit, Luiz. (2002). Analizing Popular Songs , (Çev: Lorraine Leu), Popular Music Studies, (ed. David Hesmondhalgh & Kaith Negus), London: Arnold Press, pp.33-50.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Courses
The courses are theoretical and partly applied. Applied works consist of technical skills which are given examples by instructor and discussion reports of students in classroom.
Assignments
Assignments aims to orientate the students to research on specific topics; and aims to presentation and discussion of results in class environment. Assignments are perform as individually and each student delivers minimum 3 works as assignment.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PAR PARTICIPATION
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.40 + PAR * 0.10 + FCG * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 RST RESIT ASG * 0.40 +PAR * 0.10 + RST * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attendance to 70% of lectures is compulsory.
2. Every kind of plagiarism is subject to official investigation
3. Deadline of assignments must be strictly followed.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

E-mail. iyavuz@deu.edu.tr
Tel: 0-232 412 92 03

Office Hours

Could be contacted at any time during course days

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 3 10 30
Preparing Final Report 1 30 30
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 152

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1313531
LO.211551
LO.3333311
LO.4315
LO.5515111

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