| CODE | MSP3100 | ||||||||||||||||
| TITLE | Intermediate Keyboard Proficiency 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Music Studies | ||||||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit teaches the student how to play a keyboard (piano) instrument, which is an essential requisite for any student following a music course. It enables the student to play graded pieces from the basic keyboard repertoire, and to work out harmony exercises at the keyboard. Technical exercises (such as scales and arpeggios), keyboard studies (such as Beyer and Bartok’s Mikrokosmos), and additional standard keyboard literature (such as graded works by Bach, Clementi, Haydn and Mozart), will be treated. Attention will be given to the General Disposition of the student (position, posture, rhythm, applied technique, etc), as well as aptitude and interpretation. The Intermediate Keyboard Proficiency 1 is the ideal study-unit for students who wish to further their musicianship skills in a wholesome way. This is a follow-up study-unit to MSP2101. Study-Unit Aims: This study-unit will consolidate the basic skills of keyboard (piano) playing, keyboard techniques and sight reading acquired in previous levels of Keyboard Proficiency courses. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - consolidate the basic physical skills required for keyboard playing; - perform technical keyboard exercises; - perform solo keyboard literature/repertory; and - take informed decisions about the choice of repertoire needed for any arising occasion. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - learn the basic skills of keyboard (piano) playing; - freely engage in creative expression; - explore the technical elements of music; - perform keyboard pieces applying basic reading and co-ordinative skills; and - create and play from memory any assignment required by the performer. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Technical Exercises: - Scales and Arpeggios. Studies: - Beyer, Preparatory School, Op 101, for Piano (Peters, 2000). - Bartok, Bela, Mikrokosmos, Vols. 1-4 (Boosey and Hawkes, 2004). Literature: - Bach, J. S., Selections from Anna Magdalena's Notebook (Alfred Publishing, 2004). - Bach, J. S., 18 Short Preludes (Alfred Publishing, 2004). - Bach, J. S., Inventions and Sinfonias: Two- & Three-Part Inventions (Alfred Publishing, 1993). - Bach, J. S., The Well-Tempered Clavier, Vols. 1 & 2 (Alfred Publishing, 1994); or (Dover Publications Inc., 2009). - Bartok, Bela, Mikrokosmos, Vols. 1-4 (Boosey and Hawkes, 2004). - Clementi, M, Sonatinas (any edition). - Duvernoy, J. B., Twenty-Five Elementary Studies, Op. 176 (any edition). - Haydn, J., Sonatinas (any edition). - Haydn, J., Sonatas (any edition). - Mozart, W. A., Sonatinas (any edition). - Mozart, W. A., Sonatas (any edition). |
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| RULES/CONDITIONS | Before TAKING THIS UNIT YOU MUST TAKE MSP2101 | ||||||||||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Practicum | ||||||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Michael Laus |
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