Course: General theoretical subjects 1 credits: 5
- Course code
- MZVP21ATV1
- Name
- General theoretical subjects 1
- Study year
- 2023-2024
- ECTS credits
- 5
- Language
- Dutch, with parts in English, English
- Coordinator
- M.R.E. Vondenhoff
- Modes of delivery
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- Practical / Training
- Project-based learning
- Assessments
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- Harmony and Analysis 1 - Other assessment
- Lecture History 1 - Other assessment
- Solfege 1 - Other assessment
Learning outcomes
History level 1
The student acquires and produces a personal knowledge base consisting of:
Analysis level 1 (including aspects of harmony and counterpoint).
The ability to recognise, understand and describe the way(s) in which composers use:
Harmony level 1
The ability to understand, apply and recognize basic aspects of harmony:
Counterpoint level 1
The ability to understand, apply and recognize basic aspects of counterpoint:
Solfège, ear training and musical literacy level 1
The student acquires and produces a personal knowledge base consisting of:
- A global, contextual overview of Western music history, from the Renaissance to the 21st century
- A coherent conceptual (historical/theoretical) framework
Analysis level 1 (including aspects of harmony and counterpoint).
The ability to recognise, understand and describe the way(s) in which composers use:
- Shape resources (such as unity and variety/segmentation)
- Form principles (psychological/phenomenological)
- Mold types and molding procedures
- Musical parameters (musical building blocks)
- Texture in music
Harmony level 1
The ability to understand, apply and recognize basic aspects of harmony:
- Tonal, functional harmony in simple contexts
- Chromatics that can be used for modulation to (closely) related keys
- Typical chromatic chords in a key
- Ornamental (figurative) aspects in harmonic (homophonic) textures and their origin (contrapuntal music)
Counterpoint level 1
The ability to understand, apply and recognize basic aspects of counterpoint:
- Polyphony and homophony
- Two types of counterpoint: modal and harmonic
- Consonance, dissonance and “tactus”
- Harmonious background
Solfège, ear training and musical literacy level 1
- The student shows musical awareness when listening, singing, playing in a (tonal/modal) musical context, also of the rhythmic/metrical aspects (e.g. sense of “timing”).
- The student is able to adequately deal with the musical sign system in reading, writing, recognizing patterns and handling musical concepts
Content
This unit of study focuses on building a music-theoretical frame of reference (“body of knowledge”) and on developing general musical skills. In the theoretical field, this concerns the history of Western music, the analysis of form and structure in music, the treatment of aspects of harmony and counterpoint (polyphony) and the treatment of general music theoretical concepts. As far as general musical skills are concerned, it concerns the development of musical imagination in a broad sense and the development of musical literacy. The musical imagination implies a multitude of practical skills in dealing with/acting with sound/rhythm, with and without an instrument (“solfège”). The development of musical literacy mainly concerns mastery of, and adequate use of, the musical sign system (“reading and writing”).
Included in programme(s)
School(s)
- Prince Claus Conservatoire