Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
HISTORY OF JAZZ GUS235 1. Semester 2 + 0 0 2.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish and English
Course Level Associate's Degree
Course Type Elective
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors
Assistants
Goals To obtain general information about art, music and music genres.
Course Content What is art - art & science -art & people - art & life - place of music in life - musicotherapy - what is music - the birth and spread of music to the world-music definitions-styles and blue notes -ethnic and geographical music - jazz music and the birth of jazz-development and first applications -the place of jazz in music - history of jazz music - correlation between jazz and classical music - main features and some sub-genres of jazz - the difference from other music -harmony of jazz - big bands - vocal jazz and sample artists - the rhythm of swing and jazz - jazz basic applications - improvisation - in the world, european jazz - jazz in Turkey Dersin Dili
Learning Outcomes 1) Acquires a general knowledge about jazz music.
2) Acquires knowledge about art of music.
3) Acquires knowledge about jazz music.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Description of the course and presentation of the instructors Lecture; Demonstration
Debate
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
2. Week Art-People and Art- Art and Life Lecture
Debate
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
3. Week what is music, The birth of music and its spread to the world, Music definitions, Styles and blue notes, Historical age Lecture; Demonstration
Debate
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
4. Week Universal music and jazz, what is jazz, The place of jazz in music, Correlation between jazz and classical music Lecture; Demonstration
Debate
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week History, key features, harmony of jazz and big bands exmp. Lecture
Debate
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
6. Week Vocal in jazz, stars in jazz, basic practice in Jazz, - improvisation Lecture; Demonstration
Debate
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
7. Week Jazz and first practice - difference from other music Lecture
Debate
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
8. Week Midterm Lecture; Demonstration
Debate
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
9. Week Swing, The Rythm of Jazz Lecture; Demonstration
Debate
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
10. Week Example Applications Lecture; Demonstration
Debate
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
11. Week Music Periods- Modern/Postmodern Era Lecture; Demonstration
Debate
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
12. Week Jazz Around the World and Europe Lecture; Demonstration
Debate
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
13. Week Jazz in Turkey Lecture; Demonstration
Debate
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week Turkish Jazz and Jazz Musicians Today Lecture; Demonstration
Debate
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
"Tarih Boyunca Caz - Gelenek - Stiller - Sahne Arkası - Kişiler" Franck BERGEROT çeviren ; İsmail Yerguz, Dost Kitabevi (2004)
How to Teach Jazz History Book Mark Charles Gridley Heidelberg University January (2005)
The History of Jazz Ted Gioia Oxford University Press New York Oxford First Issued as an Oxford University Press Paperback, (1998)

ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 2
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 1
Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice , Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice) 1 14
Midterm Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 1
Final Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 1
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course
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