ASH19b Period instruments and tuning II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Robert Hugo, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Jana Perutková, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Robert Hugo, Ph.D.
Academy of Ancient Music – Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Michaela Ratolístková
Supplier department: Academy of Ancient Music – Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Characteristic of tunings, historical types of tunings (Pythagorean tuning, meantone tuning, well temperament etc)
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to aply basics examples of historical tunings.
Syllabus
  • Nature tuning Temperated tuning
Literature
  • History of harmony (Orig.) : Esquisse de l'histoire de l'harmonie : an English-language translation of the François-Joseph Fétis History of harmony. info
  • TYMOCZKO, Dmitri. A geometry of music : harmony and counterpoint in the extended common practice. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011, xviii, 450. ISBN 9780195336672. info
  • FÉTIS, François-Joseph. Esquisse de l'histoire de l'harmonie : an English-language translation of the François-Joseph Fétis History of harmony. Edited by Mary I. Arlin. Stuyvesant, N.Y.: Pendragon Press, 1994, xlv, 203. ISBN 0945193513. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, practical exercises
Assessment methods
Essay, test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 8 hodin konzultací.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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