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COURSE UNIT TITLECOURSE UNIT CODESEMESTERTHEORY + PRACTICE (Hour)ECTS
COMPOSITION VIII YBM402 Eighth Term (Spring) 2 + 0 10

TYPE OF COURSE UNITCompulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNITBachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY4
SEMESTEREighth Term (Spring)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED10
NAME OF LECTURER(S)Professor Mehmet Emin Göktepe
Instructor Duysal İmsel
Professor Fazlı Orhun Orhon
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT At the end of this course, the students;
1) Composing an orchestral music featuring a distinct personal style and creation which is no less than 15 minutes with or without multiple movements.
2) Has information about today's music movements and composition techniques.
MODE OF DELIVERYFace to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSENo
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
COURSE DEFINITIONTeaching theoretical and practical approaches to composing.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEKTOPICS
1st Week Orchestral sound and forces, repertoire analysis dating as early as 19th century
2nd Week Orchestral colour and form, repertoire analyses
3rd Week Timber, instrument colours and form, repertoire analyses
4th Week Texture, timber and colour
5th Week First assesment of the final poject
6th Week Timber and sound composition, repertoire examples
7th Week Human voice, phonetics, modern techniques, repertoire examples
8th Week Second assesment
9th Week Electronic possiblities ve and instruments, live electro accoustics.
10th Week Repertoire analyses
11th Week Repertoire analyses
12th Week Final project file preparation
13th Week Final project file preparation
14th Week Presentation and defence of the final project before a jury
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READINGModern Music and After, Griffiths, Paul, 2011/3rd, Oxford University Press
Genesis of a music; an account of a creative work, its roots and its fulfillments, Partch, Harry, 1974, Da Capo Press
Music notation : a manual of modern practice, Read, Gardner, 1979, Taplinger Pub. Co.
Recommended - Reading: 20th-century microtonal notation, Read, Gardner, 1990, Greenwood Press
Music notation in the twentieth century : a practical guidebook, Stone, Kurt, 1980, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
The contemporary violin : extended performance techniques, Strange, Patricia, 2001, University of California Press
Turk Musikisinin Mes'eleleri, Tura, Yalcin, 1988, Pan
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODSLecture,Practice,Other
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 QuantityPercentage(%)
Assignment710
Project330
Other210
Total(%)50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)50
Total(%)100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities Number Hours Workload
Midterm exam224
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work14456
Preparation for Final exam11515
Course hours14228
Preparation for Midterm exam11010
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam122
Homework10110
Meeting with advisor111
Total Workload126
Total Workload / 304,2
ECTS Credits of the Course10
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONTurkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)No
  

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