IHV01 Music theory and an overview of the history of music

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Petr Hala, Ph.D. et Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Petr Hala, Ph.D. et Ph.D.
Department of Music – Faculty of Education
Supplier department: Department of Music – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
IHV01/OS01: Sat 12. 10. 14:00–15:50 učebna 36, Sat 9. 11. 14:00–15:50 učebna 36, P. Hala
IHV01/PrezPred01: Thu 11:00–12:50 učebna 36, P. Hala
IHV01/PrezPred02: Mon 9:00–10:50 učebna 36, P. Hala
IHV01/PrezPred03: Tue 11:00–12:50 učebna 36, P. Hala
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The student should master both theoretical and practical knowledge in the seminars basics of music theory and harmony as a starting point for practical musical disciplines. The student should familiarize himself with an overview of the history of music.
Learning outcomes
The student knows scales, important intervals, frequently used chords, Italian musical termiínology, and has a basic overview of the history of music. The student can write the cadence and elementary piano accompaniment of a given melody using major, minor and off-tonal functions. The student is introduced to an overview of the history of music.
Syllabus
  • Attributes of tone, musical notation - signs, notation, keys, signs and marks relating to tone characteristics. Major and minor scales. Basic intervals, basic and derived seconds and thirds. Major and minor fifth-chords, dominant seventh chord, chord turns. Cadence, chord functions, guitar marks. History of music - a brief description of stylistic periods with examples of important compositions. Completion: written test: orientation in major and minor scales - notation, construction of selected basic and derived upper intervals, the construction of major and minor fifth chords and their turns and the dominant seventh chord and its turns according to guitar and function marks, construction of cadences in major and minor keys, Italian terminology of tempo, expression, dynamics and agogics. Writing elementary piano accompaniment using non-tonal dominants. Basic knowledge of the periodization of music history and selected compositions.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • TAYLOR, Daniela. Výběr písní ke studiu hudební výchovy učitelství pro 1. stupeň ZŠ (Selection of songs for the study of music education in the field of teaching for the lower levels of primary school). 1. vydání. Masarykova univerzita, 2023, 123 pp. ISBN 978-80-280-0298-5. info
    not specified
  • e-learning: http://www.ped.muni.cz/wmus/frame.html
  • CRHA, Bedřich and Petr HALA. Technika klavírního doprovodu lidových písní. 1.vydání, 2003. Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 2003, 115 pp. ISBN 80-210-3094-1. info
  • KOFROŇ, Jaroslav. Učebnice harmonie. 10. upr. vyd. Praha: Editio Bärenreiter Praha, 2002, 178 s. ISBN 80-86385-14-0. info
  • CRHA, Bedřich, Zdeněk MAREK and Ladislav FUČÍK. Základy hudební výchovy pro posluchače studia učitelství I.stupně ZŠ (Foundations of Music Education for Students of Teaching Profession on the 1st Grade of Primary School). 4th ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1998, 184 pp. ISBN 80-210-1963-8. info
  • ZENKL, Luděk. ABC hudební nauky. 4. vyd. Praha: Supraphon, 1986, 197 s. info
Teaching methods
Theoretical training and practical exercises
Assessment methods
Lecture. Credit for successfully writen test of following content: written test: orientation in major and minor scales - notation, construction of selected basic and derived upper intervals, the construction of major and minor fifth chords and their turns and the dominant seventh chord and its turns according to guitar and function marks, construction of cadences in major and minor keys, Italian terminology of tempo, expression, dynamics and agogics. Writing elementary piano accompaniment using non-tonal dominants. Basic information about the development of music and selected compositions. The test contains approx. 55 point-evaluated steps, at least 30 points must be achieved for successful completion.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 8 konzultací za semestr (v kombinované formě).
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2023.
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