Music Perception, Analysis and History 1 (15 cr)

Objectives (course unit)

Students have basic theoretical, analytical and practical skills for information technology, aural skills, history of music, music analysis and harmony. They have the ability to apply reached skills to their actual work duties.

Information Technology
The student is able to use computer hardware and office applications according to the needs of working life. The student knows the basics of digital audio, photo and video recording and how to edit them to the extent required by his / her profession. He understands the impact of different music distribution channels on recording quality and hearing. The student has the basic skills to use information technology as a tool for international communication.

Music Theory and Harmony
Students have learned the basic terminology in music theory, in homophonic chord progression and the principles of it, and basic homophonic tonal structures. They are capable of applying this into writing music.

Music History
Students have gained knowledge of the fundaments of the history of art music from Renaissance up to Classicism. They recognize characteristics of the various periods of times and the unities and trends formed in different eras.
Students have advanced knowledge of the stylistic features, trends and repertory of a certain era, genre or other historical unity in music.
They are capable of applying the knowledge of music history into their own work practises as a musician or music pedagogue.

Music Analysis
Students master basic terminology in music analysis and are capable of a small-scale analysis and description of the structures of western classical music from stylistically different eras.

Ear training
Student perceive tonal music and its fundaments both by playing/singing and by writing on the basis of heard.

Content (course unit)

Information Technology, 1 cr
- the musician's workstation
- office applications, email, web pages
- digital audio, photo and video
- integration between different programs

Music Theory and Harmony
-the basic concepts of music theory and voice leading
-tonal harmony
-excercises
-literature

Music History, 5 cr
- the fundaments of the history of art music from Renaissance up to Classicism
- the fundaments of the aesthetics of music from various eras
- recognizing by hearing the characteristics of music samples from various eras

Music Analysis, 3 cr
- basic terminology in music analysis
- literature in music analysis
- tonal and modal music analysis exercises

Ear training, 3 cr
Melodic Perception
- singing and writing melodies that include diatonic scales, accidentals, broken ground and altered chords and tonal melodies that modulate
-singing and aurally analysing scales and 3 and 4-note chords
-transposing music
Harmonic Perception
-dictations and aural examples of tonal harmony that includes the most usual ground chords, predominant chords and modal altered chords
Rhythm
-dictations of and singing basic rhythms and irregular rhythmic patterns

Prerequisites (course unit)

Competences similar to advanced studies of music school.

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

Information Technology
Student knows how to use office applications, e-mail and websites. He/she is able to digitally process audio and video.

Music Theory and Harmony
The student participates lessons. The assignments indicate significant lack of skills in tonal harmony and voice leading.

Ear Training
The student is able to perform exercises more or less fluently, not without mistakes, but the tonic and tempo are recognizable.

Music Analysis
The student is able to recognize and describe fundamental structures in music and partly apply the concepts of music theory to his/her analytical perceptions. The analytical notions form an incoherent whole.

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

Information Technology
The student is fluent in using office applications, e-mail and websites. He/she will be able to digitally process audio and video to the extent required by their profession. The student understands the impact of different music distribution channels on the quality of sound recording and sound. He/she is able to transfer files from one program type to another

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

Information Technology
The student will be able to use computer hardware and office applications fluently. The student knows the basics of digital audio, photo and video recording and how to edit them to the extent required by his / her profession. The student understands the impact of different music distribution channels on the quality of sound recording and sound. The student has the basic skills to use information technology as a tool for international communication.

Location and time

Opintojakso sisältää seuraavat osat:
Musiikinteoria ja harmonia: maanantaisin 09.00 - 10.45, luokka P2-02; 29.08.-5.12.2022
Musiikin historia 1: keskiviikkoisin 10.45-12.15, luokka H4-22, 31.8.-7.12.2022
Tiedonhankinta: perjantaina 23.09.2022 klo 12.45 - 14.15, luokka H4-22
Säveltapailu 1: maanantaisin 11.45 - 13.30, luokka H4-22, 29.08.-5.12.2022
Musiikkianalyysi 1: maanantaisin 9.00-10.45, luokka P2-02, 16.1.-8.5.2023

Informaatiotekniikka RYHMÄ 1: to 10.45-12.45, lk P2-07, 01.09.2022 - 29.09.2022
Informaatiotekniikka RYHMÄ 2: to 11.45 - 12.45, lk P2-07, 29.09.2022 - 17.11.2022
Opiskelija ilmoittautuu vain yhteen informaatiotekniikan ryhmään.

Exam schedules

Musiikin historia, Säveltapailu, Musiikkianalyysi; Harmonia ja musiikin teoria: Tentit viimeisellä opetuskerralla tai opettajan ilmoittamana muuna ajankohtana.

Tentin uusinta Musiikin yleisinä tenttipäivinä.

Tiedonhankinta: ei tenttiä

Assessment methods and criteria

Informaatioteknologia: Osallistuminen lähiopetukseen ja annettujen tehtävien tekeminen ovat arvostelun lähtökohtina.
Musiikin historia: Tentti, jossa kirjallinen osuus ja kuunteluohjelmiston tentti.
Säveltapailu, Musiikkianalyysi; Harmonia ja musiikin teoria: Tentti.

Tiedonhankinta:
Hyväksytty suoritus: osallistuminen lähiopetukseen, Moodlessa olevien ennakkotehtävien tekeminen

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

Luennot/ryhmäopetus, harjoitteet, itsenäinen työskentely.

Learning materials

Kurssimateriaali jaetaan opetuksen yhteydessä.

Student workload

Opintojakson osilla informaatioteknologia, musiikinteoria ja harmonia, musiikkianalyysi ja säveltapailu edellytetään läsnäoloa 80 % lähiopetuksesta.

Tiedonhankinta: läsnäolo 100 %

Completion alternatives

AHOT

Further information

Edellyttää pohjaosaamiseksi musiikkiopiston oppimäärää vastaavaa osaamista. Pohjaosaaminen testataan opintojakson alkaessa.