National Taiwan Normal University Course Outline
Fall , 2024

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I.Course information
Serial No. 3174 Course Level Undergraduate / Master
Course Code MUC9029 Chinese Course Name 進階配器法
Course Name The Advanced Study of Orchestration
Department Department of Music
Two/one semester 1 Req. / Sel. Sel.
Credits 2.0 Lecturing hours Lecture hours: 2
Teach in English Y Teach in National Languages
Prerequisite Course Prerequisite course: 【MUC9028 The Study of Orchestration】
Comment
Course Description
Day & Class Period/Location Wed. 6-7 Main Recital Hall
Curriculum Goals Corresponding to the Departmental Core Goal
1. Study contemporary orchestration experiments as well as orchestration for larger ensembles. College:
 1-2 Possess knowledge of music theory and analysis, musicology, music pedagogy, etc.

II. General Syllabus
Instructor(s) CHAO, Ching-Wen/ 趙菁文
Schedule

學習內容從複習「配器法」課程中之樂器本體的基本結構,以及音色、音域與實際配器之練習開始,逐漸帶入二十世紀與當代音樂的配器實驗。

藉由實際演奏家的參與,強化基本「配器」之內在聽力與實際運用,提供往後在創作上、教學上、樂團指導上之應用。

藉由錄音與實際演奏來了解樂器的音域、泛音結構、演奏技巧和各種樂器配合產生的音色組合。加上樂譜分析,探討不同時期的作曲家對於各種樂器的使用方法和記譜法,以及了解美學之轉變與配器法的互動關係。

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The course begins with a review of the previous "Orchestration" which includes timbre, range and practical orchestration exercises and gradually leads into experiments in the 20th-century and contemporary music orchestration.

Through the participation of performers and their performances, the course enhances the fundamental "inner hearing" and practical application of orchestration, providing useful skills for future works in composition, teaching or conducting.

Through recording and live performances, students are expected to fully understand the range, overtone structures and fundamental-to-extended techniques of instruments, as well as the timbral combinations. Additionally, score analysis will be conducted to explore how composers from different periods utilized various instruments and notational methods, and to understand the interaction between aesthetics and techniques.

 

Instructional Approach
Methods Notes
Formal lecture  
Group discussion  
Cooperative learning  
Lab/Studio  
Media, audio, visual materials  
Grading assessment
Methods Percentage Notes
Assignments 30 %  
Attendances 40 %  
Case study reports 30 %  
Required and Recommended Texts/Readings with References

Samuel Adler, The Study of Orchestration, 4th Edition.
Samuel Adler, The Study of Orchestration Workbook, 4th Edition
Hector Berlioz, Treatise of Instrumentation.
Rimsky-Korsakov, Principles of Orchestration.
All suggested scores. 

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