| CODE | MSP3107 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Performance 3: Brass | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Music Studies | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit provides students with the opportunity to continue focusing on a high level of characteristic tone colour and technical proficiency. It prepares the musician to properly control the symptoms of nervousness (performance anxiety) before a performance and to maintain sufficient mental and physical control in order play well. Emphasis will also be placed on developing a greater knowledge of brass playing literature and related study books. Students will also be introduced to the technical demands of a number of orchestral excerpts. Study-unit Aims: This study-unit aims to: a) help students of brass to establish a systematic approach to develop and maintain fundamental skills through articulation and coordination; b) enable students to perform with a consistent, refined tone quality across the complete compass and dynamic range; c) provide students with an opportunity to perform with clarity and flexibility of tonguing over a large rang, incorporating multiple tonguing techniques; d) teach students coordinate hand and multiple tonguing with ease and control at a variety of tempi; e) train students of brass instruments create a calm, relaxed and receptive mind set to the practice session using methods such as basic breathing exercises. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: a. understand the proper approach to professional brass playing; b. attain new technical knowledge; c. identify and evaluate conflicting technical issues in brass playing. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: a. make proper use of double and triple tonguing; b. play a miscellaneous of avant-garde effects; c. perform according to style a number of embellishments including trills and shakes. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts - Lafosse, Andr茅. 1946. M茅thode Compl猫te de Trombone 脿 Coulisse (Paris: Alphonse Leduc). - Webster, Roger. 2005. Websters PPP: Preparation Practice Performance (EU: Fentone Music). |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Practical | ||||||||||||
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