TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	4
SEMESTER	Seventh Term (Fall)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	2
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) have knowledge about marking music by written or orally.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	Learning historical and cultural information about all kinds of writings, symbols, sounds and signs used in the notation of music.
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 Elektronic 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.
RECOMENDED 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	Lecture,Practice,Questions/Answers
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 WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 1 1 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 1 14 Preparation for Final exam 1 15 15 Course hours 14 2 28 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 5 5 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 1 1 Homework Meeting with advisor 1 1 1 Total Workload 65 Total Workload / 30 2,16 ECTS Credits of the Course 2
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No