
Musical Notation II
Code: 100653Credits: 6
| Degree programme | Type | Course |
|---|---|---|
| Musicology | OB | 3 |
Contact lecturer
- Name :
- Xavier Daufi Rodergas
- Email :
- xavier.daufi@uab.cat
Group languages
You can consult this information at the end of the document.
Prerequisites
The minimum musical knowledge requiered is equivalent to A-level/High school level Conservatoire studies.
It is highly recommended to have successfully passed the course "Musical Notation I" and to have passed the 1st year courses Musical Language I and Musical Language II.
Objectives
The course is intended to provide students with the theoretical and practical knowledge required to read, transcribe, and perform the different systems of musical notation from the 16th and 17th Centuries.
Learning outcomes
- Produce correct, precise and clear argumental and terminological writing of knowledge acquired, both in the area of musical specialisation and dissemination.
- Integrate knowledge acquired in the production of clear and concise appropriate to the academic and specialist communication.
- Use the appropriate terminology in the construction of an academic text.
- Write critical papers on musicology that are planned and organised efficiently.
- Identifying the context of the historical processes.
- Make historical distinctions between the different systems of musical notation.
- Identify the main systems of writing in Western music, both vocal and instrumental (10th to 17th centuries).
- Transcribe the main systems of Western music according to the modern conventions of notation and edition.
- Acquire fluency of sightreading to practical musical ends.
- Be familiar with editions of early music.
- Make condifent use of vocabulary relative to musical paleography.
- Discuss musical theory and praxis with musicians.
- Apply different models of musical notation in musical praxis.
- Identify and critically assemble the basic bibliography that has shaped the field of study.
Contents
Unit 1: 15th and 16th white mensural notation.
Unit 2: Instrumental tablatures (I): plucked and bowed instruments.
Unit 3: Instrumental tablatures (II): keyboard intruments.
Unit 4: An introduction to Baroque hispanic Notation
Learning activities and methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coursework | 20 | 0.8 | 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13 |
| Completion of the transcription exercises | 10 | 0.4 | 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
| Class practice | 29.5 | 1.18 | 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12 |
| Independent study | 10 | 0.4 | 2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 14 |
| Lectures | 37.5 | 1.5 | 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 |
| Transcriptions exercises | 20 | 0.8 | 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13 |
The thematic blocks will be developed from theoretical and practical classes in which the musical extracts and pieces proposed by the professor will be transcribed to contemporary musical notation. Students will have to satisfactorily solve the exercises that are entrusted as course's tasks. These exercises will be carried out following the standards of historical music transcription.
Besides, tutorship will be popssible at agreed times. Any content-related queries, formative activities, assessment activities or other topics concerning the course may be consulted.
Assessment
Continuous assessment activities
| Title | Weight | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exam II | 35% | 1.5 | 0.06 | 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14 |
| Exam I | 35% | 1.5 | 0.06 | 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14 |
| Group project | 30% | 20 | 0.8 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12, 13 |
Continuous assessment
A system of continuous assessment is proposed, which will consist of the weighted evaluation of the following formative activities:
Exam I, 35 %
Exam II, 35 %
Group project, 30 %
The group project will consist of of the following activities:
- Critical edition of a manuscript
- Recording of the composition with the instruments at hand (voices, instruments or sound editions programs).
- Oral presentation of the project in which students will explain the processes of edition, performance, and recording.
To obtain a final qualification it will be necessary to have a grade above 5 in all the assessment exercices.
Students will obtain a not assessed/not submitted cours grade unless they have submitted more than 30 % of the assessment items.
In the event of a student commiting any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of severar irregularities in assessemtn activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as a final grade for this subject.
Reassessment
Those students who fail one or both exams will have the possibility to be reassessed.
Review
On carrying out each evaluation activity, lecturers will inform students (on Moodle) of the procedures to be followed for reviewing all grades awarded, and th edate on which such a review will take place.
Exchange students
Erasmus and exchange students who request to advance an exam must present a document from their home university justifying their requst.
Not assessed/Not submitted
Students will obtaina not assessed/not submitted course grade unless they have submitted more than 30 % of the assessment items.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies
This subject allows the use of AI technologies exclusively for support tasks such as bibliographic or content-based searches, text correction or translations.
The student must clearly (i) identify which parts have been generated using AI technology; (ii) specify the tools used; and (iii) include a critical reflection on how these have influenced the process and final outcome of the activity.
Lack of transparency regarding the use of AI in assessed activity will be considered academic dishonesty; the corresponding grade may be lowered, or the work may even be awarded a zero. In cases of greater infringement, more serious action may be taken.
Single assessment
This subject does not allow a single assessment.
Bibliography
- APEL, Willi, The Notation of Polyphonic Music 900-1600, Cambridge (Mass): The Mediaeval Academy of America, 1961 (5a ed.). (Traducció francesa: La Notation de la musique polyphonique, Sprimont: Mardaga, 1998).
- APEL, Willi, French Secular Music of the Late Fourteenth Century, (Cambridge, 1950).
- BENT, Margaret, \"Notation: 3. Polyphonic mensural notation, c1200 - 1500\", Oxford Music Online. Grove Music Online.
- BUSSE BERGER, Anna Maria, Mensuration and Proportion Signs. Origins and Evolution, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993.
- CALDWEL, John, Editing Early Music, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1985 (2a ed. 1995).
- CHEW, Geoffrey, \"Notation: 4. Mensural notation from1500\", Oxford Music Online. Grove Music Online.
- CHEW, Geoffrey, \"Notation: 5. Alphabetical , numerical and solmitation notations\", Oxford Music Online. Grove Music Online.
- DEFORD, Ruth I., Tactus, Mensuration, and Rhythm in Renaissance Music, Cambridge UP, 2015.
- HOULE, George, Meter in Music, 1600 - 1800: Performance, Perception and Notation, Indiana UP, 1987.
- JACOBS, Charles, Tempo Notation in Renaissance Spain, NY: Institute of Mediaeval Music, 1964.
- QUEROL, Miquel, Transcripción e interpretación de la polifonía española de los siglos XV y XVI, Comisaría nacional de la música, 1975.
- ROCCO ROSSI, Francesco, La notazione rinascimentale. Libreria Musicale Italiana. Lucca, 2022.
- VENDRIX, Philippe, \"La notation à la Renaissance\", a Histoire de la notation du Moyen Âge à la Renaissance, Minerve, 2003.
Software
Recommended software:
- Finale (https://www.finalemusic.com/)
- Sibelius (https://www.avid.com/sibelius)
. Lilypond (http://lilypond.org/index.ca.html)
Course groups and languages
The information provided is provisional until November 30. After this date, you will be able to consult the language of each group through this link. To access the information, you will need to enter the course CODE
| Type of teaching | Group | Language | Semester | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (TE) Theory | 1 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
| (PAUL) Classroom practices | 1 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |