MODAL AND MAKAM HARMONY I

KBT409

Course Code: KBT409
Semester: Seventh Term (Fall)
Theory+Practice: 2 + 0
ECTS: 4

Course Type

Compulsory Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

Seventh Term (Fall)

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Recognizes and analyzes various modes and maqams.
Analyze and apply harmonic establishments and connections related to modes and makams.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Description

The aim of the course is to teach student the modal and maqam harmony in both theoretical and practical ways.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction to Modal and Maqam Harmony, concepts of mode and maqam.
2^nd Week	Definitions of intervals and chords to be used in modal harmony, diatonic scale-chords and symbols.
3^rd Week	Dorian mode, Hüseyni-Gülizar melody core/pattern, analysis, chord formations, progressions.
4^th Week	Uşşak, Uşşak-Huzi, Nevruz melody cores, chord formations, progressions.
5^th Week	Harmony applications in Dorian mode, Hüseyni and Gülizar maqams.
6^th Week	Hicaz melody core, Zirgüle pitch, analysis, chord formations, progressions.
7^th Week	Features of diatonic modes. Altered-diatonic modes. Hicaz and Zirgüle melody core harmony applications.
8^th Week	Mid-term
9^th Week	Hüseyni and Karcığar melody core, analysis, chord formations, applications.
10^th Week	Lydian mode, analysis, chords, progressions.
11^th Week	Phrygian mode, Kurdi melody core, Acem-Kürdi, analysis, chord structures, progressions.
12^th Week	Saba melody core, analysis, chord structures. Applications in the core of Kurdi melodies.
13^th Week	Saba, Saba-Zemzeme melody core, chord structures, practices. Hicaz and Saba melody core progressions.
14^th Week	Practices in various modes and various maqam-melody cores.

Recommended or Required Reading

Bestecilik Bakımından Türk Müziği ve Armonisi, Kemal İlerici. Modal Jazz 1,2 Ron Miller. Modal Jazz, Bill Dobbins. The Jazz Chord and Scale Handbook, Gary Keller. The Lydian Chromatic Concept of Total Organization for Improvisation, George Russell. Contemporary Styles, John Mehegan. Akkord Lexikon, Harald Banter. Standdardized Chord Symbol Notation, Carl Brant and Clinton Roemer

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Practice
Questions/Answers

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	30
Assignment	1	10
Total(%)		40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		60
Total(%)		100

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2
K1
K2
K3
K4
K5
K6
K7
K8
K9
K10
K11
K12
K13