Microtonal music theory
| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101MTMH | Z | 1 | English | summer |
Subject guarantor
Name of lecturer(s)
Hanuš BARTOŇ, Juhani Vesikkala
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Knowledge about microtonal systems.
Mode of study
Module Lectures
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Knowledge of recommended texts
Course contents
Microtonal Music Theory
Recommended or required reading
Materials will be shared here soon:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1UckIvGj8Ehdxs87klSManWwgHmd6m42p
Assessment methods and criteria
Participation at discussion about the topics of microtonal theory.
Note
Course Module of Acoustic Microtonal Music
22.3.2019
Room L-2020
Juhani Vesikkala
- What Microtonality is for?
- Microtonal Notation
Notation within the ‘common practice’ era
Johnston Notation
Haas Notation
- Tuning Systems and Scales
EDO’s
non-EDO
non-octave
Bohlen-Pierce
Just Intonation
- Microtonality, Timbre, and Spectral composition
The pioneering composers (Wyschnegradsky, Hába, Carrillo, Ives etc.)
Grisey
Haas
Estrada
- Microtonal Instruments and Localised Traditions
- Multiphonics
String Instruments
Wind Instruments
Percussion Instruments
- Perception
Just noticeable difference test
- Microtonality in Noise
- Applied Microtonality
Difference tone and summation tone systems
Multi-fundament systems
Microtonal Set-Classes
The Question of Perceptible Interval Timbre
Further information
This course is an elective for all students of this school
Schedule for winter semester 2018/2019:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
Schedule for summer semester 2018/2019:
| Date | Day | Time | Tutor | Location | Notes | No. of paralel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22.03.2019 | 10:00–16:00 | Juhani Vesikkala Hanuš BARTOŇ |
Učebna Lichenštejnský palác |
lecture parallel1 |