Course detail
Fundamentals of Instrumentation 1
FEKT-JZI1Acad. year: 2016/2017
The possibilities of musical instruments in terms of their use in instrumentation, existing and new combination techniques and techniques of play, focusing on orchestral instruments, the extension of theoretical knowledge about the basics of organology and the acoustics of musical instruments.
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
- describe plucked string instruments in terms of creating tone and techniques
- describe keyboard instruments in terms of creating tone and techniques
- describe percussion instruments in terms of creating tone and techniques
- describe woodwind instruments in terms of creating tone and techniques
- read chanber music scores and identify by ear musical instruments, tkeir techniques and articulations using musical terminology
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods
- Lectures consist of an explanation of basic principles supplemented with samples of scores and audio samples.
- Exercises support practical acquiring of themes presented at lectures in form of practical work with active participation of students.
Participation at lectures is recommended. Participation at other ways of instruction is checked.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Course curriculum
3.-13. principles of sound production and construction,notations, transpositions and tuning, standard and extended techniques of playing and articulation, terminology, recognition of m.i. in recordings of various styles and contexts.
3.-4. plucked strings: types of guitars, lutes, banjos, mandolins, bass gutars, harp, cimbalom
5.-6. keyboard instruments: piano, harpsichord, clavicord, organ, harmonium, accordion, celesta
7.-8. melodic percussion: xylophone, vibraphone, marimba, glockenspiel, bells etc.
9.-10. membranophones and other percussion: orchestral and basic african, latin and oriental, drumset
11.-13. woodwind: transposition, tuning, reading chamber music score, transcription to real pitch
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Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Emmert, F.: Poznámky k instrumentaci. 2., Použití bicích nástrojů, kytary, mandolíny a a tamburaškých nástrojů, cimbálu, harfy, cembala, celesty, akordeonu a smyčcových mástrojů, Brno : Janáčkova akademie múzických umění, 2001. (CS)
Kohoutek, C. : Novodobé skladebné směry v hudbě. Praha, SHV 1965
Kotek, M.: Bicí nástroje, Praha : Panton, 1983 (CS)
Modr, A.: Hudební nástroje, Editio Supraphon, Praha, 1977
SYROVÝ, V. Hudební zvuk. Nakladatelství Akademie múzických umění v Praze, Praha, 1. vydání, 2009, ISBN 978-80-7331-161-2.
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