Advanced popular music theory (3 cr)

Objectives (course unit)

Students know the essentials of popular music theory and are able to
read and write sheet music in a basic level

Content (course unit)

Essentials of popular music theory

Evaluation methods and criteria

The average of the exercise points.

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

Face-to-face lessons and an online course in Tabula learning platform.

Learning materials

There will be altogether 10 topics. Each topic contains introduction material and some homework. The study material may consist of URL text links, videos, notational documents or plain text documents. A student will take part to lessons, read the material, and do the exercises in her/his own tempo. A student is asked to visit this site intermittently.

Student workload

81 h of own work.

International connections

All the lessons and material is in English.

Further information

There is a Questions link in Tabula, too. A student is encouraged to use that link if needed.

Assessment criteria - fail (0) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

A student will not take part to the course or the main part of the exercises is not approved. Exam: less than 50% correct

Assessment criteria - satisfactory (1-2) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Exam: 51-64% correct answers

Assessment criteria - good (3-4) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Exam: 65-84% correct answers

Assessment criteria - excellent (5) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Exam: 85-100% correct answers