COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MUSICAL INSTRUMENT II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZS 4011 MUSICAL INSTRUMENT II ELECTIVE 1 1 0 3

Offered By

Department of Musicology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR ELIF TEKIN GÜRGEN

Offered to

Musicology
Music Technology

Course Objective

Piano: to improve student s piano techniques and provide perception of musical elements of the different ages of Western Art Music (Baroque, Classic , Romantic and 2O.Century), Contemporary Turkish Music and genres including jazz, Blues and Pop Music and also it is aimed to gain creativity and distinctiveness of piano playing.

Other instruments:To be able to perform at least 1 instrument in a vocalizible level with tonal (guitar, etc.) or modal/maqam (baglama, oud, classical kemancha) charachteristics.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Perform minimum 1 instrument in a vocalizible level with tonal (piano,guitar, etc.) or modal/maqam (baglama, oud, classical kemancha) charachteristics.
2   Identify the different performing styles in different music genres and play with the choosen instrument.
3   Play the choosen instrument correctly to the technical capabilities(posibilities,features ) of the instrument.
4   Refer to the notes and show them on the choosen instrument.
5   Indicate the key and maqam scales on the choosen instrument.
6   Play the performed songs properly to the required metronom.
7   Perform the required nuances for the performed song.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Piano: Deciding piano piece for suitible level. Synthesizer: Revision of Synthesizer II. Bass: Walking bass. Guitar: Major Scales and Diatonic Harmony.
2 Piano: Practicing the pieces. Scales an arpeggios. Synthesizer:Touch sensitivity and polyphony. Bass: Composing walking bass. Guitar: Major Scale Positions, Triads and Arpeggios
3 Piano: Practicing etudes and octave scales toward piano pieces. Synthesizer:Touch sensitivity and polyphony. Bass: Composing walking bas: Sound relations in bass. Guitar: Major Scale Shapes and Exercises
4 Piano: Piano pedals, age and sylistic features of piano pieces. Synthesizer:Analogue synthesizer structure and technical properties. Bass: Performing sample songs and bass line practice. Guitar: Minor Scales, Harmonic, Melodic, Real Melodic Minors
5 Piano: Tempos and dynamics of pieces. Syntesizer: Sound generation in synthesizer. Bass: Performing sample songs and bass line practice. Guitar: Minor Scale Positions, Triads and Arpeggios
6 Piano: Practicing the pieces and etudes. Synthesizer: Sound generation in synthesizer. Bass: Performing sample songs and bass line practice. Guitar: Minor Scale Shapes and Exercises
7 Piano:desiding new pieces and sight reading. Synthesizer:Practice. Bass: Bass line practice. Guitar: Modes and Ionian Mode
8 Piano: Practicing accurate tempos and dynamics of new pieces. Synthesizer: Practice. Bass: Bass performing styles in Turkish Pop music. Guitar: Dorian Mode
9 Mid-term exam
10 Piano: Technique and musical expressions studies toward ages and genres of pieces. Synthesizer:Study of technically important figures in synthesizer: Thomas Dolby. Bass: Bass performing styles in Turkish Pop music. Guitar: Phrygian Mode
11 Piano: Desiding new pieces,practicing scales and arpeggios and sight reading. Synthesizer:Study of technically important figures in synthesizer: Alan Parsons. Bass: Bass performing styles in Turkish Pop music.Guitar: Lydian Mode
12 Piano: Practicing accurate tempos and dynamics of pieces . Synthesizer: Study of technically important figures in synthesizer: Alan Parsons. Bass: Bass performing styles in Turkish Pop music Guitar: Mixolydian Mode
13 Piano: Technique and musical expression studies. Synthesizer:Study of technically important figures in synthesizer: Alan Parsons. Bass: Final songs practice and exercises. Guitar: Aeolian Mode and Locrian Mode
14 Jury evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Piano:
Gerhard Kölbl, Stefan Thurner (Die 100 Schönsten Melodien von Klassik bis Pop)
Chick Corea (20 Pieces for Keyboard)
Oscar Peterson (Complete Jazz For The Young Pianist)
E. Satie (Piano Works,Volume1)
50 Grades For The Pianao (Yamaha)
F.Chopin (mazurkas,vals, nocturns, preludesand others)
Maxwell Eckstein (Piano Pieces for Children No. 3)
Johann Sebastian BACH (48 preludes and fugs, two-three part inventions, etc.)
Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven (Sonatines and Sonatas)
Czerny op.849,299, Cramer, Moszkowski, Chopin Etudes and etc.

Others:
Jimmy Casale, Gary Campbell, Jerry Greene Patterns for jazz
Ed Friedland Building Walking Bass
William Leavitt A Modern Method For Guitar
Jody Fisher The Complete Jazz Guitar Method

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures will be held individual to student based on practice (including instrument performing) and by teaching theoretical information that will support the practice.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 COM COMMITTEE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + COM * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. %80 attendance is obliged.
2. For a proper processing course, student is responsible for studying the etudes or parts given the former day. Student who doesn't complete this responsibility can't attend the class.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Tel: 232 4129210
E-mail: elif.tekin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday: 15: 00 - 16:30
Friday: 13: 30- 16: 00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 1 13
Tutorials 13 1 13
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 10 1 10
Preparation for final exam 10 1 10
Preparing presentations 10 1 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 84

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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