PFET
362 PFET. FOR WINDS, BRASS, STRINGS, AND MALLETS 2
Instructor:
____________________________________________
Mailbox:
_________ Phone: __________
Office: __________ Office
hours: __________
Course Chair: Steve Prosser
Course Description: Continuation of Performance Ear
Training for Winds, Brass, Strings, and Mallets 1.
Course Objective: PFET 361 and 362 form a two-course
group whose intent is to improve the student's aural skills in connection with
the principal instrument. Upon
satisfactory completion of this course the student will be better able to
instrumentally reproduce what is heard both internally and externally.
Required Textbook: No purchase necessary.
Class Operation, Out-of-class
Preparation: Class members
will play extensively during each class with emphasis on melodic and harmonic
retention. Practice routines and
other outside work will be assigned.
In order to maintain satisfactory standing in this class, approximately
two hours per week of out-of-class preparation are recommended.
Midterms: March 8-12
Final Exams: May 3-7
Grading Criteria:
A (90-100) Superior,
Exceptional; control of course material enables excellent production.
B (80-89) Good;
grasp of material enables above-average production.
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C (70-79) Average;
assimilation of material enables acceptable production.
D (60-69) Below
Average; exposure to material enables poor, but passable production.
F (below 60) Not
passing; assimilation of material insufficient to demonstrate acceptable
productive capacity.
Final Grade Determination: Your final grade will be determined by
considering the following components at the indicated weights:
50% Attendance
20% Class participation
10% Attitude
10% Midterm exam
10% Final project
Attendance Policy: If your fourth unexcused absence occurs
before the "W" deadline (see below), the instructor may withdraw you
from the course. If your fourth
unexcused absence occurs after this deadline, a course grade of F may
result. Note that attendance
figures heavily in final grade determination. This is a class that must be attended on a regular basis in
order to provide full benefit.
Withdrawal is not automatic.
It is ultimately your responsibility to initiate withdrawal proceedings
prior to the "W" deadline.
In case of doubt, ask the instructor or the Counseling Center.
Deadline for Course
Withdrawal: 5:00 pm Friday,
March 26, 2004. Neither the
instructor nor the student may initiate a "W" after that date.
PFET 362 PFET. WINDS, BRASS, STRINGS, & MALLETS 2
Topical Course Outline
For the 12-week summer semester,
course topics shown on this outline will be rearranged to present in the
shorter term. A somewhat
accelerated pacing will eliminate any omission of course material.
1. a. Exercises
using short diatonic melodies with student answer at unison.
b. Exercises
using short diatonic melodies with student answer at a given interval (higher
or lower).
c. Voice-leading
through complex progressions.
d. Pitch
and rhythm drills.
e. Exercises
using tape: head arrangements, guide-tone lines, and short melodies with
student answer.
2. a. Learn-by-rote
exercise: simple AABA tune.
b. Exercises
using tune "Undecided".
c. Chord
tone and tension recognition.
d. Continue
exercises with tape as in Week 1.
e. Games
and pitch/rhythm drills.
3. a. Introduction
of modulation exercises (examples with tape).
b. Continue
exercises with simple riff type tunes.
c. Voice-leading
and pitch/rhythm drills.
4. a. Continuation
of modulation exercises (examples with tape).
b. Exercises
with diatonic melodies, student answer at higher or lower pitch level.
c. Continue
exercises with simple riff tunes.
d. Exercises
with tape.
5. a. Continue
with modulation exercises using sixteen-bar examples.
b. Guide-tone
and improvisation exercises, by ear.
c. Exercises
with tape.
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6. a. Assignment
of preparative projects for midterm.
b. Practice
tests for midterm.
7. Midterm
exam part 1.
8. Midterm
exam part 2.
9. a. Introduction
of non-diatonic melodies.
b. Introduction
of short melodic phrases through a cycle of keys, through four sharps and
flats.
c. Exercises
with tape.
10. a. Continue exercises
with non-diatonic melodies and short melodic phrases through a cycle of keys.
b. Introduction
of by-ear melodic fragmentation drill.
c. Exercises
with tape.
11. a. Continue with
melodic fragmentation using three lines, up to eight bars in length.
b. Learning
a lead line by ear.
12. a. Perform lead line
assigned in Week 11.
b. Assignment
of new lead line by-ear, in different style.
13. a. Perform lead line
assigned in Week 12.
b. Assignment
of aural solo transcription for your instrument.
14. a. Performance of aural
solo transcriptions.
b. Assignment
of new aural solo transcription in a different style.
15. Performance of aural
transcriptions, optionally in lieu of final exam.
Final Exam, or (optionally) complete performances of aural transcriptions.