MUP 278 - Studio Instruction IV: (Major)

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

Continuation of MUP 268. Private weekly instrumental lessons. Includes further development of performance skills and participation in student recitals and jury exams.

Prerequisite(s): MUP 268
Corequisite(s): MUS 226, MUS 228
Information: Students chosen by audition. Faculty approval required for registration.

Course Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate a continued emphasis on proper physical characteristics for playing of one’s instrument.
Demonstrate a concentrated practicing and mental approach for playing of one’s instrument.
Demonstrate a continuation of student’s musicianship.
Practice playing of all major and minor scales by memory with minor scales to be played in their natural minor form, using a variety of articulations.
Develop 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 its interpretation for performance.

Outline:

Proper Timbre (Tonal) Production
Accurate Rhythmic Interpretation
Interpretation of Linear Lines
Literature That is Listed as Etudes in Nature
Literature That is Listed as Excerpt sin Nature
Literature That is Listed as Soloistic in Nature
History and Theory to be Taught Relevant to Literature Being Covered