Information Package

Master's of Composition with Thesis

MSC511

NOTATION I

Course Code
MSC511
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
2 + 0
ECTS
4
Course TypeElective Course
Course LevelMaster's Degree With Thesis
Year of Study-
Semester-
ECTS4
Name of Lecturer(s) -
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. have knowledge about marking music by written or orally.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsNone
Course DescriptionNusic notation.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Basic Concepts: signs, sounds, letters, numbers, syllables, words; notation and transcription.
2nd Week Introduction to letter notation: fundamentals.
3rd Week Letter notation: Ancient Greek, Boethius, Pseudo-Odo and Dasian notations; diastematic-undiastematic notations.
4th Week Letter-Shape notations, neumas, Byzantion neumas.
5th Week Guido d'Arezzo and solmization; staff, notes, rests; mensural notation: tempus, prolatio, modus, longa and brevis, perfectum-imperfectum.
6th Week Guido d'Arezzo and solmization; some important developments up to 19th century notation.
7th Week Grafic notations; modern notation techniques (klavar, equitone, Braille, etc.); tablature notations; org and luth tablatures; mixed systems.
8th Week Midterm.
9th Week Electronic notations; oral notation and mnemonics.
10th Week Notation in Turkish Music; abcad system.
11th Week 17th Century: Ali Ufki notation; 18th Century: Nayi Osman Dede, Kantemiroğlu, Abdülbaki Nasır Dede and Hamparsum systems.
12th Week 19th Century: Western notation in Turkey; 20th Century: adopting wester notation to traditional Turkish music and inventing new signs.
13th Week Different Sysytems in World Music Cultures 1: India
14th Week Different Sysytems in World Music Cultures 2: China, Japan and Korea.
Recommended or Required Reading1. 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 Load120
Total Work Load / 30 (h)4
ECTS Credit of the Course4
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No
LO1
K1
K2
K3
K4
K5
K6
K7
K8
K9
K10
K11
K12
K13
K14
K15
K16
K17
K18
K19
K20
K21
K22
K23 X
K24 X