- DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC
YEAR ONE
FIRST SEMESTER
A] DEPARTMENTAL CORE COURSES
S/N COURSE NO COURSE TITLE CREDIT HOURS
- 0100 Music as art and science 2
- 0110 Rudiments of Music 2
- 0112 Musicianship Studies I 2
- 0130 African Music Studies 1 2
- 0142 Individual Performance Studies I [IPS 1] 2
B] GENERAL UNIVERSITY COURSES
- GS 101 Use of English I 1
- GS 103 Philosophy and Logic 2
- GS 107 Nigerian Peoples and Culture 2
- GS 108 Basic Studies in Igbo I 1
16 Credit
SECOND SEMESTER
A] DEPARTMENTAL CORE COURSES
S/N COURSE NO COURSE TITLE CREDIT HOURS
- 0111 Tonal Harmony I 2
- 0113 Musicianship Studies II 2
- 0131 African Music Studies II 2
- 0142 Individual Performance Studies I [IPS 11] 2
B] GENERAL UNIVERSITY COURSES
- GS 102 Use of English II 1
- GS 104 History and Philosophy of Science 2
- GS 109 Basic Studies in Igbo II 2
13 credits
YEAR TWO
| FIRST SEMESTER |
A] DEPARTMENTAL CORE COURSES
S/N COURSE NO COURSE TITLE CREDIT HOURS
- 0210 Tonal Harmony II 2
- 0212 Musicianship Studies III 2
- 0230 African Music Studies III 2
- 0242 Individual Performance studies III 2
- 0244 Ensemble Studies I 2
B] GENERAL UNIVERSITY COURSES
- CSC 101 Computer Programming I 2
12 credits
SECOND SEMESTER
A] DEPARTMENTAL CORE COURSES
S/N COURSE NO COURSE TITLE CREDIT HOURS
- 0211 Tonal Harmony III 2
- 0213 Musicianship Studies IV 2
- 0221 Music History: Antiquity – 1400 2
- 0231 African Music Studies IV 2
- 0243 Individual Performance Studies IV 2
- 0245 Ensemble Studies II 2
B] GENERAL UNIVERSITY COURSES
- CSC 102 Computer Programming II 2 12 credits
YEAR THREE
FIRST SEMESTER
A] DEPARTMENTAL CORE COURSES
S/N COURSE NO COURSE TITLE CREDIT HOURS
- 0310 Tonal Counterpoint and Further Harmony I 2
- 0314 Musicianship Studies V 2
- 0320 Music History: Renaissance (1400 -1600) 2
- 0330 African Music Studies V 2
- 0340 Keyboard Studies I 2
- 0342 Individual Performance Studies V 2
- 0344 Ensemble Studies V 2
14 credits
SECOND SEMESTER
A] DEPARTMENTAL CORE COURSES
S/N COURSE NO COURSE TITLE CREDIT HOURS
- 0311 Strict Counterpoint and Further Harmony II 2
- 0315 Musicianship Studies VI 2
- 0321 Music History: Baroque Period (1600-1750) 2
- 0331 African Music Studies VI 2
- 0341 Keyboard Studies II 2
- 0343 Individual Performance Studies VI 2
- 0345 Ensemble Studies IV 2
14 credits
YEAR FOUR
FIRST SEMESTER
A] DEPARTMENTAL CORE COURSES
S/N COURSE NO COURSE TITLE CREDIT HOURS
- 0400 Orchestration 2
- 0420 Music History: Classical Period (1750-1800) 2
- 0430 African Music Advanced Topics I 2
- 0440 Keyboard Studies III 2
- 0442 Individual Performance Studies VII 2
- 0444 Ensemble Studies V 2
Borrowed Course
- 335 Intellectual Property Law I 2
14 credits
SECOND SEMESTER
A] DEPARTMENTAL CORE COURSES
S/N COURSE NO COURSE TITLE CREDIT HOURS
- Mus. 0401 Music Technology 2
- Mus. 0421 Music History: The Romantic Age (1800-1900) 2
- Mus. 0431 African Music Advanced Topics II 2
- Mus. 0441 Keyboard Studies IV 2
- Mus. 0443 Individual Performance Studies VIII 2
- Mus. 0445 Ensemble Studies VI 2
Borrowed Course
- Law. 336 Intellectual Property Law II 2
14 credits
YEAR FIVE
FIRST SEMESTER
A] DEPARTMENTAL CORE COURSES
S/N COURSE NO COURSE TITLE CREDIT HOURS
1 Mus. 0500 Introduction to musical Acoustics 2
2 Mus. 0510 Fugue
3 Mus. 0520 Music History: The Period of Impression (1800-1980) 2
4 Mus. 0540 Keyboard Studies V 2
5 Mus. 0544 Ensemble Studies VII 2
6 Mus. 0560 Choral Studies, Conducting & Perf. Mgt. 2
7 Mus. 0562 Research Methods and Procedures I 2
12 credits
SECOND SEMESTER
A] DEPARTMENTAL CORE COURSES
S/N COURSE NO COURSE TITLE CREDIT HOURS
- 0501 Music Technology II 2
- 0532 Music of other World Cultures 2
- 0541 Keyboard Studies VI 2
- 0545 Ensemble Studies VIII 2
- 0561 Choral Studies, Conducting & Perf. Mgt 2
- 0563 Research Methods and Procedures II 2
12 credits
YEAR SIX
FIRST SEMESTER
A] DEPARTMENTAL CORE COURSES
S/N COURSE NO COURSE TITLE CREDIT HOURS
- 0620 Modern Compositional Technique 2
- 0662 Choral Studies, Conducting & Perf. Mgt. 2
- Mus. 0666 School Music Methods I 2
- Mus. 0650 Stress Area Studies I 2
8 credits
SECOND SEMESTER
A] DEPARTMENTAL CORE COURSES
S/N COURSE NO COURSE TITLE CREDIT HOURS
- 0663 Choral Studies, Conducting & Perf. Mgt. IV 2
- 0667 School Music Methods II 2
B] DEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVE COURSES
3 Mus. 0651 Stress Area Studies II (Thesis) 4
8 credits
COURSE DESCRIPTION
COURSES WITH – 0 – MIDDLE DIGIT
Mus. 100: Music as an Art and Science (2 Credits)
An inquiry into Music as a humanistic expression. The creative genius of man through the ages and in various races and cultures, employing the elementary tools of rhythm, melody, harmony and colour. A non specialized inquiry into scientific properties of musical sound (such as frequency and intensity) and their psychological counterparts (such as pitch and volume), and an elementary discussion of musical acoustics.
Mus. 101: Introduction to Musical Acoustics (2 Credits)
The scientific properties of Musical sound and their psychological counterparts. What music is and how it works, production of sound by various sources especially by musical instruments. Classifying sound sources. Sound from natural environment. Propagation of sound from source to listener, by direct transmission through the air and through electronic reinforcement of recording and reproduction. The speed of sound and simple experiments and demonstrations to illustrate it. Reflection, refraction, diffraction. Outdoor Music and the Doppler effect. Criteria for room acoustics.
MUS 301: Music Technology I (2 Credits)
A study of the physical properties of musical instruments and introduction to care and maintenance of commonly used musical instruments. The art and science of constructing and building musical instruments.
Mus. 401: Music Technology (2 Credits)
Exposition of students to modern music recording and production. This provides the students with the opportunity of learning how to use the computer for music making, recording and production.
COURSES WITH – 1 – MIDDLE DIGIT
Mus. 110: Rudiments of Music (2 Credits)
The Musical fundamentals: Notation, accidentals, intervals. Scale – Major, melodic minor, harmonic minor. Key signatures – major and relative minors. Circle of fifths. Closed and open score. Clefs – Treble, Alto, Tenor and Bass Clefs. Metre and Rhythm. Simple and Compound Time Signature. Accent and Syncopation. Expression marks, Tempo marks, Italian names.
Mus. 111: Tonal Harmony I (2 Credits)
Elementary diatonic materials. Triads in root position, first invasion (Tonic, Subdominant and Dominant) and in second inversion. Cadences in major and minor keys. The harmonisation of a complete phrase. Principles of part – writing. Unessential melodic notes – unaccented notes (passing notes), auxiliary notes, appoggiaturas etc.
Mus. 210: Tonal Harmony II (2 Credits)
Further diatonic materials. The Cadential tonic six-four chord. The dominant seventh. The other chords – the triad on the mediant and the leading – note triad. Chords of the seventh. The chromatic scale. Chromatic Harmony.
Mus. 211: Tonal harmony III (2 Credits)
Modulations: Writing modulating passages. Further use of the unessential, Diminished and Augmented Triads. Secondary Sevenths. Elliptical Resolutions and[ more Advanced Modulations.
Mus. 310: Strict Counterpoint (2 Credits)
Strict counterpoint is divided into 5 species according to the number and arrangement of the notes of the accompanying melody running against the given subject, thus we have: 1st Species, Second Species, Third Species, Fourth Species, Fifth Species Counterpoint. This includes a detailed study of the characteristics of each of the species and exercises on the different species.
Mus. 311: Tonal Counterpoint and Further Harmony (2 Credits)
Chromatic Harmony. Chromatic and Enharmonic Modulation. Traditional theories regarding ninths, elevenths and thirteenths. Counterpoint, illustrations from Bach’s Two-Part Inventions, or French Suite. Inversion. Two Types of inversion. Invertible Counterpoint. Augmented Sixth Chords.
Mus. 312: Orchestration
Definition of the Orchestra and Orchestration. Origin of the orchestra, Orchestration Techniques, classification of the instruments of the modern symphony orchestra, ranges of instruments of the orchestra. Transposing and non-transposing instruments and reading their scores. Scoring and arranging for various instruments of the orchestra and instrumental ensembles, small, medium, and large. Exercises include western as well as African instruments. Scoring and orchestrating African music tunes, utilizing melo-rhythmic, rhythmic and melody instruments from native culture. Analyzing selected art songs.
Mus. 314: Musicianship Studies IV
Score Reading: Following a melody, studying selected examples, following two staves. Studying examples, listening to examples with live scores, hearing different timbres. Sight reading open scores including Alto and Tenor Clefs. Exercises should involve both Western and African musical instruments.
Mus. 315: Musicianship Studies V
Forms in Music: By means of sheet and recorded music, study a number of forms in western music – Binary, Ternary, Rondo and Sonata forms including Air and variations. Analysis and synthesis of selections of forms.
Mus. 410: Fugue (2 Credits)
Origin and development of the fugue. Main principles of fugue and analysis of simple selected examples. The general principles of fugal construction. The short fugue. What constitutes good style in two – three – and four-part contrapuntal writing both vocal and instrumental. The invertible counterpoint reconsidered. Review work on harmonic progression, “hidden” fifth and octave.
The study of the traditional aspects of fugue — the subject and counter – subject. The “answer” in its simplest form, the writing of expositions. The middle section — Methods of writing episodes. The Stretto and Final section. The Coda, Examples for complete analysis.
Mus. 411: Modern Compositional Techniques:
Setting texts to melodies, scanning and writing music to given poems, completion of an instrumental piece of music with the opening bars given. The Fugue as a whole. Studying selected examples in details. The Vocal Fugue and its problems. Studying of selected examples. Composing some simple original music in fugal style. Fugue for Piano or organ or native xylophone, ogenephone or metallophone, writing Fugues on vocal subjects in English and any local language of the country. Analysis and syntheses of Counterpoint and Fugue. Harmonising advanced Figured Bass examples.
Mus. 112: Musicianship Studies I (2 Credits).
Basic music reading: Sol-fa Notation, Note pointing in sol-fa. Matching Pitches. Musical Notation. Staff and clefs including ledger lines. Simple time signatures. Notes and note values including the effect of dots. Rhythmic and melodic dictation including the use of rests.
Mus. 113: Musicianship Studies II (2 Credits).
Further sight-singing and musical dictation. Developing ability to hear music accurately. Relating what is heard to notated music — aural competence. Intonation — hearing melodic and harmonic intervals. Scales including major, harmonic and melodic minors. Dictation of Compound Time patterns. Scanning intervals e.g. Major and Minor seconds, etc.
Mus. 212: Musicianship Studies III (2 Credits)
Rhythms of more difficulty, chromatic melodic and harmonic intervals. Fusing, scanning, anticipation and visual recognition exercises. Intonation — chords in close and extended positions. Hearing and notating two part melodies.
Mus. 213: Musicianship Studies IV (2 Credits)
Further aural recognition of chords including dominant seventh chords. Further melodic dictation – homophonic styles. Writing outer parts. Hearing syncopations. Notating African melodies by ear. Hearing modulations, cadences and progressions.
Mus. 313: Composition (2 Credits)
Two part writing using original tunes in African and classical idioms. Setting of indigenous and English texts to melodies and providing accompaniment (vocal or instrumental – traditional or western) for same. Writing and Arranging for young voices. Writing and arranging for four voices using own themes in the contemporary Nigerian Choral styles.
COURSES WITH – 2 – MIDDLE DIGIT
Mus. 121: Music History: Antiquity to 1400 (2 Credits)
Emphasis is on medieval style and development.
Mus. 220: Western Music History: The Renaissance Period (1400 – 1600)
(a) Broad perspective of the Western world’s achievements in music during the period 1400 – 1600. Emphasis is on how knowledge of the cultural background of music enriches the musical experience of the listener. Leading trends, works, forms, and figures of the period. The nature of the renaissance, music in the early renaissance (1400 – 1450), and in the high renaissance (1450 – 1600). The rise of regional Schools – Flemish, Roman, English, Spanish, Venetian and German. Dominant forms, style and language: – The Church Modes, the Latin Mass, the German Chorale. The rise of independent instrumental music. Figures: Des Prez, Palestrina, Gabrieli, di Lasso, Byrd, Morley.
Mus. 221: Music History: The Baroque Period (1600 – 1750)
Trends: The Baroque Spirit. Early Baroque (1600 – 1685), the Late Baroque (1685 – 1850), the culmination of the Baroque. Equal Temperament. Forms/Works: Dramatic vocal forms – Opera, Solo Monodies, Oratorio, Cantata, Prelude and Fugue, Suite, Keyboard Sonata, Concerto Grossso, Passion, Solo Sonata. Figures: Monteverdi Scarlatti, Frescobaldi, Buxtehude, Kuhnau, Corelli, Vivaldi, J. S. Bach, Handel.
Mus. 320: Western Music History: The Classical Period (1750 – 1800)
(a) Emergence of Classicism from Rococo, the classical temper, the invention of the modern hammer piano etc. The Classical Symphony, Sonata, Chamber Music, Oratorio, Opera. Contributors: C. P. E. Bach, Johann, Stamitz, Gluck, Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. Their representative works.
Mus. 321: Music History: The Romantic Age (1800 – 1900) (2 credits)
The Romantic Mind, the Climax of the Romantic Movement in Music (1850 – 1900), etc. Forms, – the Lied (or song), the Romantic Piano Music, the Romantic Overture, the Romantic Symphony, the Romantic Concerto, the Symphonic poem, the Romantic Sonata, Oratorio, and Opera. Contributors: Weber, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Schumann, Berlioz, Liszt, Wagner, Verdi, Franck, Bizet, Brahms, Tchaikovsky.
Mus. 420: History of Music: The Period of Impressionism (1880 – 1918) (2 Credits)
The coming of Impressionism and Expressionism. The Nature of Impressionism: Characteristics of the Music. The Musical Impressionism – Debussy and Ravel. Their Representative works. – Their styles, etc. Post-Romanticism – Mahler, Wolf and Richard Strauss, Nationalism in Music.
COURSES WITH – 3 – MIDDLE DIGIT
Mus. 130: African Music Studies I (2 Credits)
Types of instruments and their classification. Organisation and regulation of communal music in Africa. Performance techniques, roles and functions of instruments.
Mus. 131: African Music Studies II (2 Credits)
External and internal influences on African music and its performance. Traditional and modern copyright principles. Roles and relationships of instruments in ensembles. African music as applied, creative and performing art.
Mus. 230: African Music Studies III (2 Credits)
Analytical perception of melodic and rhythmic patterns. Ensemble structure, part relationships and developmental devices in African music. Technical reproduction and writing of African melodies. African music notation.
Mus. 231: African Music Studies IV (2 Credits)
Melo-rhythmic and rhythmic patterns in African music. Metric organisation, Scalic structure. Historical, literary and aesthetics of the music of some Nigerian societies. African music similarities, cross-currents and differences. Music culture areas. Distribution of instruments and performance techniques.
Mus. 330: African Music Studies V (2 Credits)
African traditional harmonic concepts and practices, presentational form. Factors of creativity, form and presentation, cadential techniques, aural analysis of traditional music types: trends in contemporary African music compositions – traditional, religious, classical and pop.
Mus. 331: African Music Studies VI (2 Credits)
Ensemble part relationship: polyphony, homophony and unilineal structure. Transcription and analysis of African music including problems involved: notation of African composition including popular music.
Mus. 332: Music of Other World Cultures VII (2 Credits)
Music of the Afro-American People of the U. S. A – Jazz, Blues, Country and Western, Rock and Roll. Music of the Arabic Peoples, the Chinese, Hebrews, Indians, Japanese, Caribbean, Indonesians.
Mus. 430: African music Advanced Topics I (2 Credits)
Analysis of modern African composition. Advanced aural analysis. Study of views of modern scholars on selected topics in African music.
Mus. 431: African Music Advanced Topics II (2 Credits)
Issues and trends in African music culled from scholarly publications. Bibliographic materials and information on African music for investigative research projects.
COURSES WITH – 4 – MIDDLE DIGIT
Mus. 140: Keyboard Studies 1 (2 Credits)
Instruction in basic Keyboard skills. Acquiring basic chord progressions on the keyboard.
Mus. 141: Keyboard Studies 1 (2 Credits)
Drills on Chord Progression as facility for harmonization of simple melodies.
Mus. 240: Keyboard Studies II (2 Credits)
Further chord drills and harmonisation of melodies.
Mus. 340: Keyboard Studies IV (2 Credits)
Chord drills: modulation and improvisation. Voice – leading and accompanying on keyboard of popular religious, folk and other tunes.
Mus. 142: Individual Performance Studies I (2 Credits)
Progressive individual lessons on primary instruments – keyboard and voice. Not less than one hour of private practice each day is required of the student. Emphasis is on hymns and chants as well as on western classical songs.
Mus. 143: Individual Performance Studies II (2 Credits)
Progressive individual lessons on the chosen primary instrument (Mus. 142) continue.
Mus. 242: Individual Performance Studies III (2 Credits)
Progression of Mus. 143.
Mus. 243: Individual Performance Studies IV (2 Credits)
Advancement of Mus. 242.
Mus. 241: Keyboard Studies IV:
Progression of Mus. 240
Mus. 341: Keyboard Studies IV:
Progression of Mus. 340
Mus. 342: Individual Performance Studies V (2 Credits)
Progression of Mus. 243.
Mus. 343: Individual Performance Studies VI (2 Credits)
Advancement of Mus. 342.
Mus. 442: Individual Performance Studies VII (2 Credits)
Progression of Mus. 343.
Mus. 443: Individual Performance Studies VIII (2 Credits)
Advancement of Mus. 442.
Mus. 144, 145, 244, 245, 344, 345, 444, 445 – Ensemble Studies (2 Credits each)
Supervised workshop studies: Participation at rehearsals and presentations of selected Western and African musical items such as operatic or choral pieces, wind ensemble or symphony numbers, traditional orchestra, dance drama, folk musical, etc. These productions are open to music students irrespective of year of study. Emphasis is on attendance, cooperative participation and enterprise.
COURSES WITH – 5 – MIDDLE DIGIT
Mus. 450: Stress Area Study I (Project) (2 Credits)
Basic conceptual issues in music are dealt with through tutorial and seminar approach. Thus interests of students are identified and current knowledge areas worthy of investigation are determined. These are from any one of the following areas: Music Composition, Ethnomusicology, Music Education and Music Performance.
Mus. 451: Stress Area Studies II (Project) (4 Credits)
Continuation of Mus. 450 culminating in the identification of a research problem in the chosen area and the writing and completion of a thesis project.
COURSES WITH – 6 – MIDDLE DIGIT
MUS. 360: Choral Studies and Conducting (2 Credits)
Basic knowledge for the beginner choral director: Importance of a good ear, good sense of rhythm, skill of sight singing and score reading. Understanding
style and mood. Fundamentals of singing. Improving singing. Elementary voice training. The course has to be taken in two parts: theoretical in the form of seminar/tutorials and practical in the form of a rehearsed demonstration/project.
Mus. 361: Choral Studies and Conducting II (2 Credits)
Further basic knowledge areas for the choir director — forming and constituting a choir. Types of choirs, choir discipline and internal relationships. Qualities of a good choir director. Programming a concert. Programme notes, the rehearsals — beginning and ending. Selecting music. The learning experiences should be theoretical as well as practical.
Mus. 362: Research Methods and Procedures I (2 Credits)
Lectures in research problem selection, data collection techniques, analysis interpretation and presentation. Concepts and examples are chosen from traditional music and music pedagogical issues. Selecting problems for research, types of research design, stages in research design. Research language: Measurement, Variable, Hypothesis, Operational Definition, Reliability, Validity, etc. Types of research vis-à-vis methods of data collection.
Mus. 363: Research Methods and Procedures II (2 Credits)
Further to the knowledge gained in Mus. 362 more grounds are covered on analysis of data. Lectures will also focus on the importance and sources of literature review. Detailed work should also be done on referencing and modern APA style, actual exercises are taken in the form of disciplined library research/seminar paper.
Mus. 462 and 463: Choral Studies and Conducting III (2 Credits)
Further guidelines for Choral Conducting. Beating time: Simple time, Compound time, and Complex time. Use of the hand versus the use of baton. Musical interpretation. Score reading exercises. Choral literature to include sheet music of relatively high standard as well as brief history of selected famous conductors.
Mus. 466 and 467: School Music Methods I (2 Credits)
Learning Principles and Teaching Procedures for music. Experiences in music – rhythm and singing. Teaching songs. Teaching listening. Teaching movement and creativity. The musical environment of the home and the School. Music Reading Readiness. Sequencing musical learning. Psychological basis for musical learning. The Kodaly method of music education. The Orff Approach, the Carabo-cone methods.