Musical Training 1

N/A

The course will be taught in practical-theoretical lessons, based on the presentation and discussion of
models of music theory, analysis, transcription and execution of auditory examples that can be presented,
particularly in the form of musical scores and audio examples.
The assessment is continuous and based on work done in the classroom as well as on the results of the
various formal stages of evaluation. All formal moments of evaluation will ave two components: written and
oral. Evaluative weighting: Quality of participation in class: 20% Written: 40% Oral: 40%.
Assessment by exam: Written test: 50%; Oral test: 50%.

1. Consolidate and standardize previously acquired knowledge;
2. Understand and use musical codes;
3.Understand and apply the principles of music theory;
4. Understand, analyse and perceave musical phenomena;
5. Read, recognize, write, and sing/execute a musical score;
6. Develop auditory sensory skills in rhythmic, melodic and timbric areas; 7. Recognize and relate harmonic structures to melodic ones;
8. Identify harmonic sequences in the more usual tonal functions.

1. Melody – main organisations – review of concepts:
1.1. Absolute and relative height – study of intervals;
1.2. Key signatures;
1.3. Major and minor diatonic scales.

2. Rithm – the metric system – framework and revision of concepts:
2.1. Time: simple and compound meter;
2.2. Syncopation, regular and irregular rhythms;
2.3. Monorythms and polyrhythms.

3. Harmony – principles of functional harmony:
3.1. Triads (major, minor, diminished and augmented);
3.2. Chords within a tonality;
3.3. Tonal functions and simple harmonic progressions;
3.4. Numerical cipher (analytics);
3.5. Study of inversions.

• - Written - 50.0%
• - Oral - 50.0%

• - Written test - 40.0%
• - Attendance and Participation - 20.0%
• - Oral test - 40.0%

NAO

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