NOTATION I

MSC511

Course Code: MSC511
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 2 + 0
ECTS: 4

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Master's Degree Without Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

have knowledge about marking music by written or orally.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Description

Nusic notation.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Basic Concepts: signs, sounds, letters, numbers, syllables, words; notation and transcription.
2^nd Week	Introduction to letter notation: fundamentals.
3^rd Week	Letter notation: Ancient Greek, Boethius, Pseudo-Odo and Dasian notations; diastematic-undiastematic notations.
4^th Week	Letter-Shape notations, neumas, Byzantion neumas.
5^th Week	Guido d'Arezzo and solmization; staff, notes, rests; mensural notation: tempus, prolatio, modus, longa and brevis, perfectum-imperfectum.
6^th Week	Guido d'Arezzo and solmization; some important developments up to 19th century notation.
7^th Week	Grafic notations; modern notation techniques (klavar, equitone, Braille, etc.); tablature notations; org and luth tablatures; mixed systems.
8^th Week	Midterm.
9^th Week	Electronic notations; oral notation and mnemonics.
10^th Week	Notation in Turkish Music; abcad system.
11^th Week	17th Century: Ali Ufki notation; 18th Century: Nayi Osman Dede, Kantemiroğlu, Abdülbaki Nasır Dede and Hamparsum systems.
12^th Week	19th Century: Western notation in Turkey; 20th Century: adopting wester notation to traditional Turkish music and inventing new signs.
13^th Week	Different Sysytems in World Music Cultures 1: India
14^th Week	Different Sysytems in World Music Cultures 2: China, Japan and Korea.

Recommended or Required Reading

1. Willi Apel, The Notation of Polyphonic Music, 1953, Cambridge.
2. Grove Music, http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com
3. Gonca G. Tohumcu, Müziği Yazmak, Nota Yayıncılık, 2006, İstanbul
4. Adnan Atalay, http://www.adnanatalay.com/muzik yazilari.htm

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussion
Presentation

Assessment Methods and Criteria

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

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	2	2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	4	56
Preparation for Final exam	1	18	18
Course hours	14	2	28
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	13	13
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	2	2
Homework
Meeting with advisor	1	1	1
Total Work Load			120
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			4
ECTS Credit of the Course			4

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1
K1
K2
K3
K4
K5
K6	X
K7
K8
K9
K10
K11
K12
K13
K14
K15
K16
K17
K18
K19
K20