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Course Unit Title Course Unit Code Type of Course Unit Level of Course Unit Year of Study Semester ECTS Credits
Orchestration I PRF309 Elective Bachelor's degree 3 Fall 4

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Prof. Dr. Hakan BAĞCI
Lecturer Bülent AKTAŞ
Lecturer Çağrı BEKLEN

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1) Recognizing instruments in the orchestra
2) Classfying the instrument families
3) Using the orchestration of wind instruments
4) Describing the orchestration of stringed instruments
5) Explaining the orchestration of key instruments

Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

  Program Competencies
1 2 3 4 5 6
Learning Outcomes
1 High High Low Middle Middle Low
2 High High Low Middle Middle Low
3 High High Low Middle Middle Low
4 High High Low Middle Middle Low
5 High High Low Middle Middle Low

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Music Theory V

Course Contents

Teaching orchestration specialities according to musical eras and composers. Adler Orchestratation, Various orchestral parties of Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Dvorak, Rimsky-Korsakoff, Stravinsky

Weekly Schedule

1) Bowed String Instruments, technics that can be used
2) Violin and Viola
3) Cello and Double Bass
4) Orchestration of bowed string instruments
5) Orchestration of bowed string instruments
6) Transcribing from Piano to Strings
7) Transcribing from Strings to Piano
8) Midterm examination/Assessment
9) The Woodwind Choir, technics that can be used
10) Flute, piccolo and oboe
11) English horn, clarinet, saxaphone
12) Plucked String Instruments: Harp, Mandolin, Guitar
13) Orchestration of The Woodwind Choir instruments
14) Transcribing from Piano to Winds and Strings
15) Transcribing from Piano to Winds and Strings
16) Final examination

Recommended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Drill and Practice
3) Group Study
4) Lab / Workshop
5) Self Study


Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Semester Studies to Course Grade

40%

 

Number

Percentage

Semester Studies

Midterm Examination

1

80%

Short Exam / Quiz

2

20%

 

Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade

60%

Total

100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Not Required