| Academic Unit: |
Core Program |
| Mode of Delivery: |
Face to face |
| Prerequisites: |
KHAS1440 |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Course Unit: |
Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
- - |
| Course Objectives: |
At the conclusion of this course the student should be able to:
1. Have a solid understanding of the musical language to be able
to express yourself fluently with other professionals
2. Have composed several projects for a small ensemble
3. Be familiar with the melodic, harmonic, rhythmic, structural,
composing and arranging techniques particular to this idiom.
4. Be able to deal with the specified technical areas of functional
and non-functional harmonization |
| Course Contents: |
The objective of this course is to introduce and develop a fundamental
knowledge of jazz and contemporary music harmony, vocabulary and
structure through the analysis of nomenclature, harmony, melody,
rhythm and form. The student will also learn basic composing and
arranging skills for the small ensembles using techniques that are
common in jazz and contemporary music idiom. |
| Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit (LO): |
- 1- Learn principles of chord progressions , analysis and exploration of functional and non-functional harmony
- 2- Internalize a systematic approach to the art of composing in the jazz and contemporary music idiom
- 3- Emphasis on contemporary harmonic concepts to enable students to write and analyze compositions in the style of jazz and contemporary music idiom
- 4- Application techniques of functional and non-functional harmonic structures
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods: |
Teaching: Lecture and discussion - 3 hours / week Learning: Synchronous and asynchronous reading and writing tasks completed both individually and in groups. |
| Week | Subjects | Related Preperation |
| 1 |
Introduction to Tonal Harmony |
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| 2 |
Intervals, Triads and Seventh Chords |
Reading the relevant articles |
| 3 |
Figured Bass and Chord Inversions |
Reading the relevant articles |
| 4 |
Diatonic Chords Progressions |
Reading the relevant articles |
| 5 |
Chord Scales and Secondary Dominant Chords |
Reading the relevant articles |
| 6 |
Related II Minor Chords and Harmonic Progressions in Tonal Music |
Reading the relevant articles |
| 7 |
Midterm Exam |
Preparing for the midterm exam topic |
| 8 |
Non-Diatonic Chords From Harmonic Regions |
Reading the relevant articles |
| 9 |
Minor Harmony and Substituted V/Ger+6 Chords |
Reading the relevant articles |
| 10 |
Modulation and Song Forms |
Reading the relevant articles |
| 11 |
Modal and Non-Functional Harmony |
Reading the relevant articles |
| 12 |
Introduction to Set Theory |
Reading the relevant articles |
| 13 |
12 Tone Technique |
Reading the relevant articles |
| 14 |
Final Exam |
Preparing for the final exam topic |
At Kadir Has University, a Semester is 14 weeks; The weeks 15 and 16 are reserved for final exams.
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO) AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS (PQ)
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Contribution: 1 Low, 2 Average, 3 High
