FF:ASH19a Tuning I - Course Information

ASH19a Period instruments and tuning I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024

Extent and Intensity

0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

Guaranteed by

Timetable

Fri 20. 9. 15:00–16:40 N43, Fri 18. 10. 15:00–16:40 N43, Fri 15. 11. 15:00–16:40 N43, Fri 13. 12. 15:00–16:40 N43

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

Course objectives

Characteristic of tunings, historical types of tunings (Pythagorean tuning, meantone tuning, well temperament etc)

Learning outcomes

Students will be able to aply advanced examples of historical tunings.

Syllabus

Literature

History of harmony (Orig.) : Esquisse de l'histoire de l'harmonie : an English-language translation of the François-Joseph Fétis History of harmony. info
TYMOCZKO, Dmitri. A geometry of music : harmony and counterpoint in the extended common practice. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011, xviii, 450. ISBN 9780195336672. info
FÉTIS, François-Joseph. Esquisse de l'histoire de l'harmonie : an English-language translation of the François-Joseph Fétis History of harmony. Edited by Mary I. Arlin. Stuyvesant, N.Y.: Pendragon Press, 1994, xlv, 203. ISBN 0945193513. info

Teaching methods

Lecture, practical exercises

Assessment methods

Essay, test

Language of instruction

Czech

Study support

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 8 hodin konzultací.

The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2022.