Information Package / Course Catalogue
Harmony
Course Code: MÜZ511
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

To learn the polyphonic rules of classical western music, to analyze polyphonic works in terms of harmony in the light of the information learned, to be able to harmonize a melody according to the polyphony rules of classical western music.

Course Content

Application of the process starting from basic chords and the cycles of these chords to modulation and alteration applications to educational music repertoire.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Sadullah Serkan ŞEKER
Learning Outcomes
1.to have knowledge about polyphonic music
2.compose polyphonic works for choral and emsemble
3.to internalize pholyphony by wiriting an playing
4.to analyse the harmonic structure of the music he/she heard
5.make a monophonic music in to a pholyphonic by using harmony knowledge
6.to analyze the harmonic structure of a sheet music
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Özdemir, M. (2001) Harmony. Kanyılmaz Press, İzmir.
2.Köse, Y. (2012) Applied Harmony Volume 1-2. Arvo Press
3.Piston, W. (1987) Harmony: Fifth Edition, W.W. Norton & Company
4.Cangal, N (2002) Harmony. Arkadaş Press, Ankara.
5.Korsakov, N., R. (1996 ) Ahmet Muhtar ATAMAN ed., İzmir.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Features of intervals
Week 2 - Theoretical
Tonality and scales
Week 3 - Theoretical
The four-part writing and it's arrangements
Week 4 - Theoretical
Harmonization of given parts: Soprano and Bass
Week 5 - Theoretical
The usage of "root" and "third" (chord of sixth) form of chords in main degrees
Week 6 - Theoretical
Second inversion of chords: The use of four-six chords
Week 7 - Theoretical
Cadences
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Cadences (Mİd-Term)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Side-degrees in chord progression
Week 10 - Theoretical
Dominant seventh chords
Week 11 - Theoretical
March harmony with modulation
Week 12 - Theoretical
Modulations
Week 13 - Theoretical
Melodik progressions caused modulation
Week 14 - Theoretical
Final Examination
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory130226
Assignment120336
Individual Work130452
Midterm Examination1213
Final Examination1213
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)120
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026