PFET 364 PERFORMANCE EAR TRAINING FOR KEYBOARDS 1
Instructor:
______________________________________________
Mailbox:
_________ Phone: _____________
Office: __________ Office
hours: _______________
Course Chair: Steve Prosser
Course Description: Ear training with an emphasis on
practical performance experience.
Recognizing pitch, rhythm, harmony, and timbre by ear and responding on
the student's instrument in class.
Some dictation. Some
non-syllabic sight singing.
Course Objective: PFET 364 and 365 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: In-class material and handouts will be
distributed as necessary.
Supplies needed: Students must supply their own headsets
(1/4" plug) for classes and practice in the keyboard labs.
Course Requirements,
Out-of-class Preparation:
Quarterly quizzes in addition to midterm and final exams will be
required. 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:
20% Attendance
10% Attitude
20% Quarterly quizzes
25% Midterm exam
25% Final exam
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. 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, 20004. Neither the
instructor nor the student may initiate a "W" after that date.
PFET
364 PERFORMANCE EAR TRAINING FOR KEYBOARDS 1
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. Orientation.
b. Start
C blues, two bar examples. Melodic
emphasis on the tonic using C blues scale.
2. a. Continuation
of C blues. Emphasis on other
notes in the scale.
b. Exercises
based on performance of standard blues motifs.
3. a. Continuation
of blues performance exercises.
Add IV7; alternation of I7 to IV7 utilizing
bass lines in "2" or "4".
b. Exercises
based on C blues scale and F blues scale.
4. a. Addition
of V7 chord; use of four bar motifs; increased difficulty.
b. Exercises
based on C and G blues scales.
c. Extensive
work on pitch memory.
5. C
blues: complete form. Work on
being able to perform entire blues after one hearing, by working in two and
four bar sections first, then the entire blues (standard twelve bar format).
6. Repetition
of Week 5 materials with increasing difficulty.
7. Exercises
built on bass lines I7 to IV7 and I7 to
V7. Development of ability
to perform not only bass line, but chord voicings in the right hand as well.
8. Mid-term
exam: per instructor individual performance.
9. Exercises
based on blues motifs, bass lines and harmonies in other common keys: Bb, Eb, F and G, etc.
10. a. Exercises based on
major key motifs utilizing diatonic progressions from the Ionian mode.
b. Melodic
motifs, bass lines and harmonies: development of ability to repeat exact voicings played by the instructor
in keys of C, F and Bb.
11. a. Continuation of
exercises in major keys.
b. Introduction
of exercises using secondary dominants.
12. a. Continuation of
exercises based on major key motifs, bass lines and harmonies.
b. Introduction
of exercises using substitute dominants.
13. a. Continuation of Week
12 activities.
b. Introduction
of exercises using modal interchange chords.
c. Longer
exercises of increased melodic and harmonic difficulty.
14. Extensive review of major key
and blues motifs, bass lines and harmonic progressions.
15. Final Exam: individual performance.