MUP 273 - Studio Instruction: Percussion IV (Major)

2 Credits, 0.5 Contact Hours
0 lecture periods 5 lab periods

Continuation of MUP 263. Private weekly instrumental lessons. Includes further development of performance skills and participation in student recitals and jury exams.

Prerequisite(s): MUP 263
Corequisite(s): MUS 226, MUS 228
Information: Students chosen by audition. Faculty approval required for registration.

Course Learning Outcomes

Develop a continued emphasis on proper physical characteristics for playing of one’s instrument.
Utilize a concentrated practicing and mental approach for playing one’s instrument.
Expand upon, and the continuation of the student’s musicianship.
Demonstrate playing of all major and minor scales by memory, and minor scales to be played in their natural minor for with a variety of articulations used.
Demonstrate awareness of intervallic relationships and relate them to their instrument.
Develop increased awareness of rhythmic subtleties.
Develop increased awareness of chordal outline and proper resolution of said lines.
Develop increased awareness of music literature and it interpretation for performance.

Outline:

Continued Mastery of Basic Rudiments
Continued Mastery of Sound Production on a Variety of Percussion Instruments
Accurate Rhythmic Interpretation
Interpretation of Linear Lines
Literature That is Listed as Etudes in Nature
Literature That is Listed as Excerpt in Nature
Literature That is Listed as Soloistic in Nature
History and Theory to be Taught Relevant to Literature Being Covered

Effective Term:
2022-2023