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Teaching Workshop: Music Theory Introduction

A.Y. 2023/2024
3
Max ECTS
20
Overall hours
SSD
NN
Language
Italian
Learning objectives
The laboratory aims to provide the essential elements of theory, grammar and morphology of music, and introduce students to the reading and writing of music notation
Expected learning outcomes
The laboratory is primarily addressed to students without or poorly equipped with specific training, to facilitate understanding of the theoretical and technical aspects related to the study of historical and musical problems.

Lesson period: First semester

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Course syllabus and organization

Single session

Responsible
Scuderi Cristina
Lesson period
First semester
Course syllabus
The sound and its production
Sound transmission in various materials, resonance, reflection of sound waves
Periodic and aperiodic vibrations
Pitch, intensity, timbre,
Pulse, rhythm, meter
Musical notation
Musical keys
Ornaments and dynamic indications
Scales and alterations
Tonality and intervals
Melody and harmony
Figured bass
The fugue
Musical forms
Musical instruments (their classification and type)
Prerequisites for admission
No prerequisite are required
Teaching methods
Lessons in the form of workshop, conducted with the support of PowerPoint slides. Practical exercises to reinforce the learned content.
Teaching Resources
OTTO KÁROLY, La grammatica della musica. La teoria, le forme e gli strumenti musicali, Torino, Einaudi, 2000
COSIMO CAFORIO - BENEDETTO PASSANNANTI, L'alfabeto dell'ascolto. Elementi di grammatica musicale, Roma, Carocci, 2006
Assessment methods and Criteria
Written exam
- University credits: 3
Humanities workshops: 20 hours
Professor: Scuderi Cristina
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