Information Package / Course Catalogue
Educational Music Composition Techniques
Course Code: MÖ472
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

This lesson aims to provide students with skills and knowledge of composing school songs with and without lyrics

Course Content

Writing sentences and motives, examination of child songs and short song forms, writing verbal and nonverbal melodies in these forms, rules of prosody, writing songs with lyrics, exercises for performance education, exercises for writing melodies

Name of Lecturer(s)
Ins. Zeynep GERGİN
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to develop skills in composing school songs
2.To be able to write lyrics for school songs
3.To be able to identify prosody concept in music education
4.4
5.5
Recommended or Required Reading
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
What are the features of a good composition?
Week 2 - Theoretical
How can we create a composition? a) compose for a word b)write a word for a melody c) creating the melody and word together
Week 3 - Theoretical
What are the formation components of motif in music? and motif practices
Week 4 - Theoretical
Developments and changes in motif's structure a) expansion-contraction b) horizontal and vertical changinG
Week 5 - Theoretical
c) sekvens d) development, dwindling e) progress summarizing f) transposition to another scale
Week 6 - Theoretical
What is phrase?
Week 7 - Theoretical
Sentence and structures of the sentences, sentence creation practices
Week 8 - Theoretical
period works and period creation practices (midterm exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Theme, figure , cadance, chord practices in copmposition
Week 10 - Theoretical
Theme, figure , cadance, chord practices in copmposition
Week 11 - Theoretical
Prosody and rulles
Week 12 - Theoretical
Form in music, one-movement form
Week 13 - Theoretical
Writing canon
Week 14 - Theoretical
Tissue in music and factors generating aesthetic beauties
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory10100100
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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PÇ-9
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OÇ-1
5
OÇ-2
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026