Study Guide

Objective

After completing the course, the student · can sing and note free tonal and modal polyphonic music more demanding than the B level
- can sing single-tone and polyphonic music containing c-clefs ·
- can perform and write down polyrhythmic music
- shows a personal artistic view when interpreting music

Content

Solfege B is an optional study course that a student can complete in any year of study, after having demonstrated that he/she possess the knowledge and skills required at C level.
The study course includes
· singing and notation of free tonal music containing intervals from unison to augmented fourth/diminished fifth and symmetric scales
- writing down/ notation polyphonic western music (3 or 4 voices)
-identification and naming the chords of a modulating chord sequence based on auditory perception
- singing one-voiced and polyphonic music with C-clefs
- performing music containing changing timesignatures and different lengths of the beat as well as exceptional divisions of the rhytmic measure

Materials

- one-voiced and polyphonic, tonal and free-tonal music,
- music written with different clefs/ keys
Edlund; Modus novus
Säveltapailu B; S. Salmiala

Teaching methods

- participation in face to face teaching and distance teaching as well as independent work

Exam schedules

Written exams of the course are conducted in a manner agreed with the teacher during the April lessons. Oral exam sections are conducted in early May.

Student workload

- one-voiced free-tonal music writing/ notating and singing tasks
- polyphonic tonal music writing/ notating and singing tasks
- performance by singing one-voiced and polyphonic music containing C-clefs
- reading and notating/ writing down a rhythm task containing changing timesignatures and different lengths of the beats as well as exceptional breakdowns of the beats

Content scheduling

Solfege B is an optional study course that a student can complete in any year of study, after having demonstrated that he/she possess the knowledge and skills required at C level.
The study course includes
· singing and notation of free tonal music containing intervals from unison to augmented fourth/diminished fifth and symmetric scales
- writing down/ notation polyphonic western music (3 or 4 voices)
-identification and naming the chords of a modulating chord sequence based on auditory perception
- singing one-voiced and polyphonic music with C-clefs
- performing music containing changing timesignatures and different lengths of the beat as well as exceptional divisions of the rhytmic measure

Further information

Registration by e-mail
soili.lehtinen@turkuamk.fi

teaching on Wednesdays in zoom at 9.00-10.30
beginning 13.9.2023
https://turkuamk.zoom.us/j/67436751812
Meeting ID: 674 3675 1812

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

The student demonstrates control over the different content areas of the course using the following written and oral displays:
-singing and notating an unison free tonal melody and identificating the accompaniment chords of it
-singing of a melody including C-clefs
-presenting and notating/ writing down the rhythm including changing timesignatures and different lengths of the beats

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

The student has not completed the learning tasks required in the study course. The student does not manage the core competencies of the study course in a manner that meets minimum requirements.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

The students has completed the required learning tasks satisfactorily in the study course. The student has demonstrated his/her mastery of the study course's core competencies in a manner that meets the minimum requirements.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

The student has successfully completed the required learning tasks in the study course. The student has demonstrated his/her mastery of the core competencies of the study course well.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student has commendably/excellently completed the required learning tasks in the study course. The student demonstrates his/her mastery of the core competencies of the study course commendably/excellently.