Course code

KUM6102.FK

old course code

KUM6102

Course title in Estonian

Sissejuhatus muusikateooriasse

Course title in English

The Basics of Music Theory

ECTS credits

3.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

The purpose of the course is to introduce the student to the main concepts of music theory such as rhythm, meter, pitch, interval, chord etc and also to the basics of the classical tonal harmony.

Brief description of the course

Pitch and intervals. Rhythm and meter. Modes and keys. Melody and harmony. Triads and seventh-chords. Texture and different chord settings. Chordal figuration, melodic figuration, non-chordal tones.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
Student who passes the course: knows and can properly use the musical terms in describing the musical structure, can read and understand the musical (notational) text, knows the main concepts related to the classical harmony, can add simple harmony to the simple melody.

Teacher

T.Trass, M.A.

The course is a prerequisite

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