Undergraduate Course: Approaches to Creative Keyboard Practice (MUSI10105)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | A creative keyboard course that introduces students to harmonization and improvisation skills in range of musical styles including jazz, folk, and pop. |
| Course description |
This course will develop students' creative keyboard skills and adaptability in a variety of styles including jazz, folk and pop. Students will explore harmonisation, improvisation, and accompaniment in these styles and others, and will apply these skills to individual exploration, the transformation of existing music, and the creation of new works. Skills learned will also be useful in the practice and teaching of music outside the formal concert environment. In addition to the formal course assessments, students will have the opportunity to showcase individual performance in a non-assessed Degree Show concert.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2021/22, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 8 |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 6,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
190 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
30 %,
Practical Exam
70 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Coursework (30%): The coursework will be assessed via practical exercises in tutorials, online quizzes, and written exercises undertaken outside of the tutorials.
Class Exam (30%): A 20-minute exam in Semester 2, Week 2.
Degree Exam (40%): A 30-minute exam in the May examination diet.
All assessment will take place digitally, by means of digital submissions and online exams in 2020-21. |
| Feedback |
Verbal feedback will be provided throughout the course on a weekly basis at tutorials.
Written feedback is provided after the class exam in Week 2 of Semester 2 - this is provided within 15 working days. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate keyboard skills in a variety of styles including jazz, folk and pop.
- Understand harmony, improvisation and accompaniment in jazz, folk and pop idioms.
- Apply these newly developed skills to individual exploration, beyond the conventional 'classical' format.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | music,keyboard,skills |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Gareth Williams
Tel: (0131 6)50 2429
Email: gareth.williams@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Hugh Black
Tel: (0131 6)51 5926
Email: hugh.black@ed.ac.uk |
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