Guitar: Technique, performance, creation

Course Information
TitleΚιθάρα. Από την τεχνική στην ερμηνεία και τη δημιουργία / Guitar: Technique, performance, creation
CodeΜΠ2009
FacultyFine Arts
SchoolMusic Studies
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodSpring
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID600020108

Programme of Study: PPS Tmīmatos Mousikṓn Spoudṓn (2017-sīmera)

Registered students: 12
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
Musicology / Music EducationElective Courses634
Music CompositionElective Courses634
Class Information
Academic Year2021 – 2022
Class PeriodSpring
Instructors from Other Categories
  • Fotios Koutsothodoros
Weekly Hours3
Class ID
600203806
Course Type 2021
Skills Development
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Learning Outcomes
By concluding this course the students who have succesfully completed it will be able to know the course of music creation and evolution of the classical guitar repertory both historically / theoretically but also from a performative aspect.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The course -Guitar: technique, performance, creation aims at describing the evolutionary path of creation and performance of the guitar repertoire musical works. The issues that will be studied and researched are the following: Historical origins of the guitar and its evolution in the 21st century. - Comparative study of the various schools on technical issues. - Essentials of composition for guitar. - Comparative study of editorial issues. - The place of the guitar in the various genres of contemporary music. - Solutions to technical issues as the case may be. - Guitar works inspired by opera and lyric singing. - The effect of Historically Informed Performance (HIP) on technique and interpretative approach to the works. - Ways of studying musical works on a case-by-case basis. - The adaptation and transcription - Historical course and comparative study with emphasis on the works of J. S. Bach. - Essentials on accompaniment. - The guitar in Greek art music. - Guitar scoring in contemporary music and its particular characteristics. - Basic directions for repertoire selection.
Keywords
technique, performance, composition, adaptation, transcription, historical research, reperoty
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Video lectures
  • Audio
  • Multimedia
  • Interactive excersises
  • Book
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures200.7✓✓
Laboratory Work200.7✓✓
Internship200.7✓✓
Artistic Workshop200.7✓✓
Project200.7
Final concert200.7✓✓
Total1204
Student Assessment
Description
Students' evaluation is compiled by the consistent attendance of the classes and the progress of the works chosen to be interpreted or the chosen paper: a) during the semester (up to 40%) and b) during the presentation at a public concert at the end of the semester or project presentation (up to 60%).
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Assignment (Formative)
  • Performance / Staging (Formative)
  • Artistic Performance (Formative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
Τάσος Κολυδάς, Δημήτρης Φάμπας (1921-1996). Πρωτεργάτης της ελληνικής σχολής κιθάρας (Αθήνα: Παπαγρηγορίου - Νάκας, 2017) Ιωάννης Ανδρόνογλου,"Η εξέλιξη της τεχνικής και της διδασκαλίας της κιθάρας στην Ελλάδα (με αναφορά στις μεθόδους και στις μουσικές συνθέσεις), διδακτορική διατριβή, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, Αθήνα 2017 (https://pergamos.lib.uoa.gr/uoa/dl/frontend/el/browse/2311875). G. Wade, A Concise History of the Classical Guitar (Pacific M.O.: Melbay 2001). [Ανθολογία], SPANISH MUSIC για 2 κιθάρες (Αθήνα: Παπαγρηγορίου - Νάκας, 1984) [Ανθολογία], ROMANTIC MOMENTS για 2 κιθάρες (Αθήνα: Παπαγρηγορίου - Νάκας, 1987)
Last Update
21-03-2023