FF:ASH19b Tuning II - Course Information

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)

Guaranteed by

Timetable

Fri 21. 2. 15:00–16:40 L41, Fri 21. 3. 15:00–16:40 L41, Fri 11. 4. 15:00–16:40 L41, Fri 16. 5. 15:00–16:40 L41

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

Abstract

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.

Key topics

Nature tuning Temperated tuning

Study resources and 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

Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching

Lecture, practical exercises

Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements

Essay, test

Language of instruction

Czech

Study support

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.

The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2023, Spring 2027.