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Course: Popular Music and Jazz

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Course title Popular Music and Jazz
Course code KHK/PHJ
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory, Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Vičar Jan, Prof. PhDr. MgA. CSc.
  • Haas Petr, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. concepts of popular music, pop music, jazz, rock 2. origins of popular music, secular music, bourgeois culture, civilism 3. popular music, popular culture, media and show business, revolt and conformity 4. chanson, cabaret, café chantant and operetta 5. jazz, origins of jazz and developmental stages of traditional jazz, social status of jazz 5.1. modern jazz, jazz avant-garde and fusion, Black Panther Party 6. rock, the origins of rock music and the main developmental phases 6.1. rock and revolt, hippies, punk rock, art rock 7. selected personalities and phenomena of popular music, popular music in the Czech country

Learning activities and teaching methods
Multimedia supported teaching, Lecture
  • Individual project (40) - 16 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for formative assessments (2-20) - 10 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
General cultural knowledge of jazz and popular music.
Skills
General cultural knowledge of jazz and popular music.
Competences
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
list the basic musical sources of jazz music; memorize the basic features of jazz music and describe the main stages of the development of jazz music; be familiar with the basic genres of popular music; be able to distinguish and identify the directions and stages of jazz and popular music also on the basis of listening;
Skills
describe the basic features of popular music; get to know the basic genres of popular music by listening; master the basic features of jazz music; get to know the individual stages of jazz music based on listening; to be able to distinguish quality music production in the field of popular music and jazz so that he can explain this issue to students at all levels of primary and secondary schools; to create an independent teaching plan so that it corresponds to the abilities of pupils at the 1st stage of primary school or children in kindergarten;
Competences
N/A
He independently deepens his professional knowledge and skills
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Multimedia supported teaching
Skills
Lecture with visual aids
Interactive lecture
Students' portfolio
Competences
Lecture with visual aids
Skills demonstration
assessment methods
Knowledge
Test
Seminar work
Skills
Test
Seminar work
Competences
Test
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • DORŮŽKA, L. Panoráma jazzu. Mladá fronta. 1990.
  • GIOIA, Ted. The history of jazz. Oxford University Press. 2021.
  • KOTEK, J. O české populární hudbě a jejích posluchačích: Od historie k současnosti. Panton. 1990.
  • KUHN, T. Rytmicko-melodické modely k doprovodům populárních písní podle akordových značek a jejich klavírní stylizace. ZČU. 2015.
  • KUHN, T. Stručné dějiny populární hudby a jazzu pro studenty a učitele hudební výchovy. Plzeň: ZČU. 2011.
  • MEADOWS, E. S. Blues, funk, rhythm and blues, soul, hip hop and rap: a research and information guide. New York: Routledge. 2010.
  • POLEDŇÁK, I. Úvod do problematiky nonartificiální hudby. Olomouc: UP. 2000.


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Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teacher Training for Pre-school Teachers (14) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
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Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teacher Training for Pre-school Teachers (13) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teacher Training for BSPL Teachers (16) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teacher Training for BSPL Teachers (19) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teacher Training for Pre-school Teachers (15) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teacher Training for BSPL Teachers (17) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
University of West Bohemia, date of update: 05.10.2024 23:52. Data created for academic year 2024/2025