Course: Harmony 1

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Course title Harmony 1
Course code KHK/HARB1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Bezděk Jiří, Prof. Mgr. MgA. Ph.D.
  • Vičar Jan, Prof. PhDr. MgA. CSc.
Course content
1. Introduction to the subject. Incorporating harmony into the system of musical education. Literature. 2. Hierarchical arrangement of tonal harmony. Quadruple. Sensitive tone. 3. Strict and loose joint. Divide the sensitive tone. 4. Combination of kvintakords in dur, special connections 5. The Aiol minor and its permeability through the darkness. Harmonic Functions in Min. 6. Harmonic minor and its special connections. 7. Melodic minor, special connections. 8. Sequences, melodic tones. 9. Sextakords and their use in a harmonic sentence 10. Quartsextakords and their use in a harmonic sentence 11. Septakords main and secondary, characteristic dissonance Septakord on V. and VII. degree. Septakord II. grades and its typical approaches to D and T6 13. The aesthetic effect of the harmonic component

Learning activities and teaching methods
Interactive lecture, Lecture, Seminar
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 26 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Understand the systematic musical teachings in the field of modern notation, classical intervals, and acordeon
Skills
Create and analyze intervals and chords. Orient in the tones
Competences
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
Define rules in classical harmony.
Recognize the relationships between kvintakords and major septakords.
To justify the use of melodic tones.
Skills
Analyze diatonic harmonic sentences.
Link chords in classic style.
Understand leadership of individual voices.
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Interactive lecture
Lecture with visual aids
Skills
Seminar
Task-based study method
Textual studies
Competences
Seminar
assessment methods
Knowledge
Test
Skills
Test
Competences
Test
Recommended literature
  • BUZZI, M. Tónové systémy.. Brno: JAMU, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7460-058-6.
  • COHN, R. L. Audacious euphony: chromaticism and the triad's second nature.. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. ISBN 978-0-19-977269-8.
  • GIRARDO, A. Harmony in Popular Music: Tonal, Modal and Negative Harmony in Modern Music. Arranger Revolution. 2023.
  • LILL, K. Taxo­no­mie kva­lit akordů ze Základů moderní har­mo­nie Karla Janečka (1965) a její interpre­tace podle ame­rické teo­rie tónových tříd. Živá hudba.. Praha: AMU, 2018. ISBN 0514-7735.
  • TICHÝ, V. Harmonicky myslet a slyšet. 2., opr. a rozš. vyd.. Praha: HAMU, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7331-199-5.
  • TICHÝ, V. Harmonie.. Praha: Holman, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7426-000-1.
  • VIČAR, J. a R. DYKAST. Hudební estetika.. AMU: Praha, 2002. ISBN 80-85883-86-4.


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