| CODE | MSP2302 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Performance 2: Violin | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Music Studies | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit is a continuation of what has been studied during first Semester of Year 2. Students will continue to develop the playing technique in scales, double stops, chords as well as bowing and fingering technique including new, more complicated and more virtuosic types. Study-unit Aims: The aim of this study-unit is to enhance all practical skills developed in Year 1 and Semester 1 of Year 2 as well as to make closer connection between technical skills and interpretation of the musical piece. Also, students should improve their skills of playing music from memory and obtain knowledge of playing violin concertos with cadenza. Learning Outcomes: Knowledge & Understanding At the end of the study-unit the learner will be able to: a) acquire a wider knowledge of existing violin repertoire; b) comprehend and analyse musical structure of selected piece; c) better understand the concept of musical phrasing; d) identify the main technical and stylistic elements of playing; e) evaluate the most effective method or methods of practicing selected musical pieces. Skills At the end of the study-unit the learner will be able to: a) show more fluency in music reading; b) produce richer and more controlled tone and more versatile techniques of both hands. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Music supplied by the teacher. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite study-unit: MSP1271 or by audition Co-requisite Study-unit: MSP2172 (for B.Mus.(Hons) students only) |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Practical | ||||||||||||
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