740-375 Group Music Skills 1-1

Quota subject with priority given to students enrolled in the BMus/BTeach.

In this subject, students will a) learn basic playing, maintenance and tuning techniques on at least one instrument from the string, woodwind, brass, voice, percussion or guitar families and b) learn the fundamentals of group teaching techniques in string, woodwind, brass, voice, percussion or guitar.

On completion of the subject, students should be able to • perform at a basic level on one instrument from the string, woodwind, brass, voice, percussion or guitar families • apply the knowledge gained from performance to the teaching of these instruments.

Performance of 10 minutes (50%); resource folio of 2000 words (30%); composition for three to five instruments of the family under study of three minutes duration (20%). 100% attendance is expected; less than 80% will result in a fail in the subject.

A reading package will be available.