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Learning Outcomes: |
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To understand sound and its properties from a musical point of view.;
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To understand fundamental elements of music notation.;
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To be able to read and dictate in the first octave: C-E, C-G, C-C octal and C-G dodecal intervals.;
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To construct whole, major, minor, augmented and diminished intervals, to cluster intervals with respect to their consonance and dissonance, to hear and dictate these intervals.;
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To construct, sing and dictate major, minor chords and chords with three sounds. To perform chord inversions, to identify, sing and dictate inverted chords.;
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To classify measures, to read and dictate pieces written in single and compound measures. ;
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To know major-minor scales and major-minor tonalities with two sharp and two flat notes; to read and dictate scores in these tonalities and to perform such pieces.;
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To develop sight-reading ability.;
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To analyze simple melodies considering their form and to compose pieces in similar form. ;
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To analyze works of music from the aspects of tonality, rhythm, melody, harmony, nuance, movement and expression. ;
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Theoretical |
Practical |
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Objectives of the course and resources. Pre-evaluation for the level of readiness.
What is sound? Properties of sound : pitch, duration, dynamics and timbre.
Elements of musical writing: Concepts of notation, the staff and clefs.
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Solfege and rhythmic reading. |
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Unit time, concepts of beat and measure. Exercises with whole, half, quarter notes. Simple measures with two beats, reading and singing exercises. |
Solfege and rhythmic reading. |
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Diatonic scales and intervals. Constructions of whole and half intervals. Naming of intervals. Interval construction and singing exercises. Interval classification: whole, major, minor, augmented, diminished intervals. (interval construction assignment) The C major scale and tonality. |
Solfege and rhythmic reading. |
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Consonant and dissonant intervals. Construction, identification, singing and dictating exercises.
The A minor scale and tonality.
Simple measures with three beats.
Composing, reading and analyzing melodies.
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Chord construction assignment
Beat singing, dictating rhythm and melody.
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Definition of a chord. Major and minor chords with three voices. Constructing, singing and dictating exercises with chords.
Chord inversion, first and second inversions. Major and minor chords.
Simple measures with four beats.
The G major scale and tonality.
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Dictating and reading a melody.
Simple exercises with two voices.
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Chords continued. Fundamental chords of scales and the idea of cadence.
The E minor scale and tonality.
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Dictating and reading a melody.
Solfege and rhythmic reading.
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The F major scale and tonality. |
General evaluation. |
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General evaluation. |
Beat singing and reading exercises.
Writing melodies in compound measures with two beats.
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Compound measures with two beats.
The D minor scale and tonality.
General properties of music notation.
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Solfege and rhythmic reading.
3/8 simple measure, beat singing and reading.
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Terms and concepts for tempo and dynamics in musical works.
The metronome and its properties. Tempo terms in a metronome.
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Reading and dictating with notation involving syncopes. |
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Definition of syncope. Rhythm exercises and rhythmic analysis. |
Melody, rhythm and dictation.
Solfege and rhythmic reading.
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Practices improving ear training. |
General evaluation. |
| 13 |
General evaluation. |
Solfege with two voices.
The canon and exercises with two parts.
Composing similar melodies.
Solfege and rhythmic reading.
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Constructing melodies, analysis of the form. |
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Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials: |
• GHEZZO, Marta Arkossy. Solfege, Ear Training, Rhytm, Dictation and Music Theory, The University of Alabama Press, Alabama 1980
• FONTAINE, Fernard. Traite Pratique du Rhytme Mesure, Ed. Henry Lemoine, Paris 1955
• KAROLYI, Otto. Müziğe Giriş, Pan Yayıncılık, İstanbul 1999
• LAVIGNAC, Albert. Solfege Des Solfeges 1A, 1B
• SAY, Ahmet. Müzik Sözlüğü, Müzik Ansiklopedisi Yayınları, Ankara 2002
• SAYGUN,A.Adnan. Toplu Solfej I, Devlet Konservatuarı Yayınları, Milli Eğitim Basımevi, İstanbul 1967
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