Topic outline

  • General

    This Moodle page is for BMus2 Singers Keyboard Skills.

    Use the links on the left-hand side to access resources and review our class activities. Scroll down for the PDFs containing course structure and assessment requirements.

    Group A

    • Alaric Green
    • Andre Soares
    • Archie Buchanan
    • Charlie Broad
    • James Leadbeater
    • Manon Parry
    • Matina Tsaroucha

    Group B

    • Aina Miyagi Magnell
    • Elsa Rosengren
    • Josh Saunders
    • Josie Lockwood
    • Leif Tin Yan Tse
    • Robert Martin

  • Group A Autumn Term

    Sightreading (Grade 3)

    • Eb Major
    • Syncopation

    Transposition up/down a tone or a 3rd

    • Finding new key
    • Transposing accidentals
    • Reducing scores

    Files: 7

  • Group B Autumn Term

    Sightreading (Grade 5)

    • F Minor
    • Triplets and polyrhythms
    • Reducing scores
    • Maintaining the pulse

    Transposition up and down a tone/semitone

    • Finding new key
    • Transposing accidentals
    • Reducing scores

    Files: 7

  • Group A - Week 9 - 7 January

    Scale/Arpeggio revision - all major keys beginning on a sharp or flat:

    • Db Major
    • Eb Major
    • F# / Gb Major
    • Ab Major
    • Bb Major

    Files: 2

  • Group B - Week 9 - 7 January

    Sightreading (option to also transpose)

    1-to-1 repertoire feedback

    Files: 4

  • Group A - Week 10 - 14 January

    Transposition

    • Up and down a tone/semitone
    • Up and down a 3rd

    Resources

    • Schubert - An die musik
    • Caldara - Sebben crudele
    • Grade 3 Conclusion

    1-to-1 work on repertoire

    Files: 3

  • Group B - Week 10 - 14 January

    Transposition

    • Up and down a tone/semitone
    • Up and down a 3rd

    Accompaniment skills

    1-to-1 repertoire support

    Files: 3

  • Group A - Week 11 - 28 January

    Sightreading - Grade 4 level

    • Sample tests in G minor, C minor, B minor 

    • Clara Schumann Op 23 


    Files: 4

  • Group B - Week 11 - 28 January

    Sightreading Grade 7 

    • Schubert - Gruppe aus dem Tartarus

    • Bartok Mikrokosmos From the diary of a fly

    • Bartok Mikrokosmos No 144 

    • Sample exercises


    Files: 4

  • Group A - Week 13 - 10 March

    Sightreading Grade 5 

    • Grade 5 Stage 2 – E major 

    • Grade 5 Stage 4 – F minor 

    • Fanny Hensel Lieder - Fruhlingsglaube


    Files: 3

  • Group B - Week 13 - 10 March

    Sightreading 

    • Grade 8 Conclusion 

    • Handel Rejoice Greatly 

    • Handel Why do the nations... 

    Files: 3

  • Group A - Week 14 - 17 March

    Accompanying recitative

    • Mozart Le Nozze di Figaro

    1-to-1 repertoire support

    File: 1

  • Group B - Week 14 - 17 March

    Accompanying recitative

    • Handel Giulio Cesare
    • Mozart Le Nozze di Figaro

    1-to-1 support with pieces


    Files: 2

  • Online Class: Recitative Week 2

    Group A links

    Alaric: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCqaHwdWcGI

    Archie: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3pk5Xf8VcM_anZwWldhdnVuUm8/view?usp=drivesdk


    Task

    Decide how to arpeggiate the chords in the recitative 'Armida, dispietata...' from Handel's Rinaldo. 

    The following two example videos feature arpeggiations that either support or detract from the singer's performance (see if you can spot which is the good example, and which is the bad!).

    1st example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne-RHNXmhtQ

    2nd example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=hTzzBSk-Bu8

    You can listen to additional recordings, try things out on a keyboard if you have access to one, discuss with your classmates, or use your imagination to consider which types of arpeggiation might work well in this particular recitative. Be ready to share your proposed arpeggiations with the rest of the class next week.



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  • Online Class: Recitative Week 3

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