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Pop-jazz music theoryLaajuus (5 cr)

Code: KU00CW73

Credits

5 op

Objective

The student knows and can name the basic concepts and phenomena related to the formation of the melody, rhythm and harmony of African-American music. The student knows how to apply the phenomena of rhythm, melody formation and harmony of African-American music in his musical and pedagogical activities.

Content

Chords, chord notations, chord functions and degree notations. Triplet-feel phrasing and other rhythmic phenomena in African American music. Understanding rhythms, tonal melodies, structures and chord sequences based on auditory and musical notation.