Introduction to Popular Music Theory (3 cr)

Objectives (course unit)

Student is able to
- understand music theory in basic level
- read and write sheet music in basic level
Student is able to collaborate in an international student team.

Content (course unit)

- reading, writing and analyzing sheet music
- notation software basics

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

TAMK's general instruction for grading will be applied and details agreed at the beginning of course implementation:

https://intra.tamk.fi/web/tutkinto-opinto-opas/arviointi

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

TAMK's general instruction for grading will be applied and details agreed at the beginning of course implementation:

https://intra.tamk.fi/web/tutkinto-opinto-opas/arviointi

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

TAMK's general instruction for grading will be applied and details agreed at the beginning of course implementation:

https://intra.tamk.fi/web/tutkinto-opinto-opas/arviointi

Location and time

Moodle learning platform will open at 19th of Sept.
A participant will get an invitation to the study.

Exam schedules

An exam will take place:
During the week 49. Will be announced later.
Classroom 13023

Assessment methods and criteria

The average of the exercise points.

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

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 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.

Content scheduling

All the topics will be available during the last part of September.

International connections

All the material is in English.

Further information

Students will be invited to the course in Moodle learning platform. There will be altogether 10 topics. Each topic contains introduction material and some homework. A student will read the material and do the exercises in her/his own tempo. A student is asked to visit this site intermittently.
All the topics will be available during the August.
There is a Questions link in Tabula, too. A student is encouraged to use that link if needed.
There will be one online meeting, checkpoint during the week 43. Will be announced later.

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

A student understands only little about music notation system. There may be some missing exercises and/or the average of the points is between 20 to 40 points (out of 100).

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

A student understands the basics of the music notation system. The exercises has been done and the average of the points is between 40 to 80 points (out of 100).

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

A student understands well the basics of the music notation system. The exercises has been done and the average of the points is between 80 to 100 points (out of 100).