Kocaeli University / European Credit Transfer System (ECTS)

Name of Lecturer(s)

Assistant Prof. Dr. Leyla GAFAROVA

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1) To make comparisons between musical elements such as makam, style, form, selection of lyrics and terminology of the Turkish world, and analytical studies on exemplary works of the development and change processes of these elements

Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

		Program Competencies
		1	2	3
Learning Outcomes
	1	Middle	Middle	High

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Not Required

Course Contents

In this course, comparisons of musical elements that belong to Turkish world like “makam”, “usul”, “form” and “güfte” and terminology will be considered and development and augmentation processes of these musical elements will be investigated and evaluated on musical pieces through analytical studies. Musical instruments of Turkish world contain elements of various Turkic societies in itsef that live on different countries and geographies. With the purpose of considering Turkish musical instruments together, musics of Turkic societies in Turkey and abroad willl be studied. Musical culture of Azerbaijani Turks from the Oguz branch, Syrian Turkmens and Western Thracian Turks which are part of the group of Western Turks and Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan Turks which are in the group of Turkestan Turks and important elements that effect each other in musical culture in Turkey will be reviewed.

Weekly Schedule

1) Mythic Narratives and Legends about Musical Instruments
2) Stringed Instruments
3) Kopuz, Baglama, Oud
4) Double-Stranded Dombra and Lengthening of Its Length
5) Stringed String Instruments
6) Pumpkin Kemane, Black Sea Kemençe and String Tambur
7) Pumpkin Kemane, Black Sea Kemençe and String Tambur
8) mid exam
9) Pumpkin Kemane, Black Sea Kemençe and String Tambur
10) Stringed Percussion Instruments
11) Wind Instruments
12) Zurna, Kaval
13) Percussion Instruments
14) Davul, Def ve Darbuka
15) Other Instruments
16) Other Instruments

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Lecture
3) Question-Answer
4) Question-Answer
5) Question-Answer
6) Question-Answer
7) Question-Answer
8) Discussion
9) Discussion
10) Discussion
11) Discussion

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade	30%
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade	70%
Total	100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)