Course code

KUM6103.FK

old course code

KUM6103

Course title in Estonian

Harmoonia ja kontrapunkt I

Course title in English

Harmony and Counterpoint I

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 objective of the course is to introduce the student to the classical (diatonic) harmony.

Brief description of the course

Tonic and dominant (Structural tonic and structural dominant). Rhythm and meter in the classical harmony. Form and harmony. The dominant chords emerging from contrapuntal motion of the voices (V6, VII6, V7 and its inversions). Figuration: suspension. Pre-dominant harmonies: IV and II. Other contrapuntal harmonies: six-four chords, II7 and IV7. VI, III and other diatonic harmonies. Diatonic sequences. Diminished seventh-chord.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
Student who passes the course:knows the most important diatonic chords of the classical harmony,is able to add a harmony (counterpointing voices) to the simple diatonic melody,can perform harmonic analysis of a tonal piece (with simple modulation),knows the basic relations between harmony and counterpoint and harmony and form,can play simple harmonic progressions on the keyboard.

Teacher

õp Toomas Trass

Prerequisite course 1

The Basics of Music Theory (KUM6102.FK)

The course is a prerequisite

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