Fundamentals of Music for Professional Musician 3 (5 cr)
Code: KX00EZ40-3006
General information
Enrollment
02.05.2023 - 31.05.2023
Timing
01.08.2023 - 22.12.2023
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Music
Campus
Hämeentie 135
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Music
Teachers
- Heikki Summanen
- musiikki virtuaali
Teacher in charge
Markku Nikula
Groups
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KXF22S1Musiikin tutkinto-ohjelma päivä
Objective
The student masters the technical fundamentals required to write musical melodies, harmonies, rhythms and forms. The student is able to analyze and creatively produce stylistically appropriate pieces of music. The student is able to learn music by ear and is able to work independently.
Content
The course has two components: theory and aural skills.
Theory:
- small musical forms
- the writing of progressions of triads, four-note chords and extended chords
- the writing of single accompanying melody line (polyphony)
- harmonizing the melody with soli voicings
- formal structures of different eras
Aural Skills:
- major and minor melodies with altered chromatic tones
- blues-scale melodies
- two-part polyphony (melody plus simple accompaniment line)
- harmonic progressions in three to five-note chords, including chromaticism
- deviations from the key.
Location and time
Opetus tapahtuu 4.9. alkaen, maanantaisin klo 13:30-16:45 13 viikon ajan luokassa AS417.
Further information
Opetus tapahtuu 4.9. alkaen, maanantaisin klo 13:30-16:45 13 viikon ajan luokassa AS417.
Evaluation scale
Hyväksytty/Hylätty
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
The student masters the technical fundamentals required to write musical melodies, harmonies, rhythms and forms. The student is able to analyze and creatively produce stylistically appropriate pieces of music. The student is able to learn music by ear and is able to work independently.
Prerequisites
Fundamentals of Musicianship for Professional Musicians 2 or equivalent knowledge and skills.
Further information
This is a compulsory course for all majors. By completing this course, the student will be prepared to continue to Fundamentals of Music for Professional Musicians 4.