Musical and Rhythmical Education 2

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Subject guarantor:

Tomáš KOLAFA

Name of lecturer(s):

Tomáš KOLAFA

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

The fundamental goal of the course is, on the theory level, a basic knowledge in the foundations of music instruction and a general historic overview of the development of music. Students master elementary recorder playing and use their abilities in playing other instruments and vocal experience in ensemble playing. Student coursework is completed by a in skilled individual music practice, mastering music theory, recorder, singing of folk songs from the area of their residence and general music overview.

Mode of study:

Contact instruction, Discussion, Media recording analyses, Training, Performance of simple music compositions.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Sense of rhythm, basic musical disposition, active approach, desire to experiment.

Course contents:

1. Fundamental music concepts

Sound, tone, tone characteristics, tone systems, tuning systems, Music terminology.

2. Notation

Historical overview on the development of notation.

3. Scales

Church, major, minor, chromatic, whole-tone, pentatonic, „Gypsy intonation“ and scale playing.

4. Intervals

Upper and lower intervals, basic and derived, scalar and non-scalar.

Intervals over an octave.

Intonation and playing intervals.

5. Chords.

Definition and constructing chords.

3-tone chords and their inversion.

Dominant 7th chords and their inversions.

Seventh chords.

Creating additional voices for a given melody.

6. The „time space“ of music

Pulse, meter, rhythm.

Simple and complex measures, syncopation, pick-up measures, dotted notes.

Music tempo markings.

Single and Multi-voice rhythm practice.

7. The „color space“ of music

Primary tone, harmonics.

Introduction to acoustics.

Musical instrument systems - Classical, historical, folk, electronic.

Musical bodies - vocal, instrumental, chamber and symphonic.

8. Music forms

Motif, theme, opening phrase, closing phrase.

Working with music motifs.

Large and small forms

Song form, sonata form, variation, rondo, canon.

9. General overview of European music thought:

The period up to the Gregorian Chorale.

Gregorian Choral, The Romantic.

Gothic, ars antiqua, ars nova.

The Renaissance.

The Baroque.

The Classic period.

The Romatic.

Arte Nouveau, impressionism, expressionism.

Period up to the WWII.

Music of the 1950s and 60s.

Jazz, country, folklore, folk, pop....

10. Playing an instrument

Recorder in range of c1-g2.

Playing from a page.

Playing other musical instruments.

11. Singing

Natural singing a capella of folk songs from the area of one's birth (residence) with consideration of one's vocal abilities.

12. Didactics of rhythmic and vocal-instrumental activities

Juding the appropriateness of a composition for children of various age groups according to the score.

Methods and manners of rehearsing vocal and instrumental compositions.

Recommended or required reading:

DOLINSKÝ, Antonín. Hudební nauka: Učebnice hudební nauky pro 1. až 3. třídu hudebních škol: 1. díl. 3. vyd. Praha: SNKLHU, 1957. 132 s.

---. Hudební nauka. Učebnice hudební nauky pro 4. až 7. třídu hudebních škol 2. díl. Praha: SNKLHU, 1957. 120 s.

DIMÉNY, Judit. Zvuk jako hra. Přel. Nadja Jasanová. Praha: Panton, 1992. 184 s. ISBN 80-7039-152-9.

HURNÍK, Ilja; EBEN, Petr. Česká Orffova škola II: Pentatonika. Praha-Bratislava: Supraphon, 1969. 56 s.

---. Česká Orffova škola III: DUR - MOLL. Praha: Supraphon, 1972. 108 s.

HURNÍK, Ilja; EBEN, Petr aj. Česká Orffova škola I: Začátky. Praha: Supraphon, 1969. 100 s.

KOLAFA, Jiří. Hudební nauka pro nehudebníky. 2., rev. vyd. Praha: AMU, Divadelní fakulta / Filmová a televizní fakulta, 1999.108 s. ISBN 80-85883-47-3.

---. O dětské hudbě, hudbě pro děti, divadelní a loutkové zvláště. Ostrava: Krajské kulturní středisko v Ostravě, 1989. 16 s.

KURKOVÁ, Libuše. Dětská tvořivost v hudbě a pohybu. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1981. 104 s.

MOUREAU, Michel. K hudbě přirozenou cestou: Využití Martenotovy metody při rozvoji dětské hudebnosti: Určeno předškolním dětským zařízením, mateřským a základním školám. Přel. Jaroslava Modrochová. Praha: ARTAMA, 1995. 40 s. ISBN 80-7068-092-X.

VÁŇOVÁ, Hana. Hudební tvořivost žáků mladšího školního věku. Praha: Supraphon, 1989. 200 s. Comenium musicum, sv. 19. ISBN 80-7058-149-2.

ZENKL, Luděk. ABC hudebních forem. Praha: Supraphon, 1984. 256 s.

---. ABC hudební nauky. Praha: Supraphon, 1976. 200 s.

Assessment methods and criteria:

Credit is awarded based on exercise participation,study of trade literature and mastery of playing one selected instrument. The exam is oral. The overall grading is comprised of 60% for class participation, 40% for the oral exam.

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Schedule for winter semester 2015/2016:

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Schedule for summer semester 2015/2016:

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The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Drama in Education - part-time 3 years (B. A.) (compulsory subject)