Accompaniment Skills and Improvisation for Music Educator 1Laajuus (5 cr)
Course unit code: KX00EZ70
General information
- Credits
- 5 cr
- Teaching language
- Finnish
Objective
The student comprehends different types of musical content related to their work as a music educator. The student can produce sounding score and accompaniment through playing by ear, or by reducing, embellishing or transposing the written chord symbols and notation in the context of their pedagogical practices. The student is able to produce the most common harmonic phenomena with a harmony instrument. The student is capable of practising appropriately and ergonomically.
The student gains competences in implementing various improvisation exercises which train interaction skills such as reaction speed, observational abilities and controlling of musical time. The student can utilize improvisation to develop musical memory, rapidity of musical thinking, musical visualization and sense of drama. The student is able to use different elements and phenomena of music in improvisation and teaching.
Content
Surveying the needs of a group. Based on the student’s specialization in pop/jazz or classical music, the production of accompaniment in various styles for the purposes of teaching music from a score, chord symbols or by ear. Perceiving and implementation of harmony. Understanding improvisation and rhythmic elements. Composing accompaniments. Versatile improvisation exercises and techniques in different styles according to specialization.
Qualifications
Degree according to the extended syllabus level of basic education in music or equivalent skills and knowledge.
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
The student is able to identify their own strengths and developmental goals and work diligently towards their learning objectives. The student is able to arrange simple accompaniments using various techniques. The student is able to harmonize and improvise with appropriate rhythms in a given style. The student is able to improvise alone and with various ensembles and use improvisational techniques in their pedagogical work. The student is able to produce improvisational exercises and techniques in various styles both to support their own development and for pedagogical purposes.