Download or read book The Use of Keyboard Improvisation to Reconcile Variations in Keyboard Approaches Between Music Theory and Class Piano Curricula written by Laurel Larsen and published by ProQuest. This book was released on 2007 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Implications of Using Improvisation in Undergraduate Class Piano Curricula written by Yuko Kishimoto and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dissertation Abstracts International written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Keyboard Harmony written by George Anson Wedge and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Keyboard Wisdom written by STEVEN GOOMAS and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2011-08-18 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents piano theory with technical and creative ideas to enhance your keyboard knowledge and improvisation skills through practical approaches and applications. to benefit most from this book, you should already be comfortable with reading notation on the grand staff and should have an understanding of written rhythms. Each step-by-step lesson has ideas to practice, which may appear in the form of exercises, suggestions, or mixed with theory, prompting you to be creative. Through these lessons, you will discover how to become a more creative player with chords in a rhythm section setting, going beyond just playing what is written on the page. You will also learn how to utilize scales in improvisation. This book has been designed to help beginners and intermediate students build a strong foundation and enlarge their horizon, and to help advanced players fill in gaps in their skills. Online audio available.
Download or read book The Developments and Implementation of a Beginning Improvisation Curriculum for Freshman Collegiate Group Piano Classes written by Cynthia Burch Ramsey and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this research was to investigate improvisation in the collegiate group piano class. The problems of this study were to 1) examine selected group piano textbooks to determine if improvisation examples have been included; 2) develop a one semester, beginning improvisation curriculum for a freshman collegiate group piano class; 3) identify and compare student learning reactions to improvisation integration in the group piano curriculum; 4) compare improvisation achievement of freshman college group piano students receiving traditional and researcher designed curriculum; and 5) to examine the predictive validity of the Advanced Measures of Music Audiation (AMMA) regarding the acquisition of keyboard improvisation skills and keyboard improvisation achievement. Group piano instructors wishing to incorporate improvisation in their classes may want to examine textbooks by Heerema, Hilley and Olson, Mach, and Lancaster and Renfrow. The researcher generated curriculum was well received and student perceptions (regardless of treatment) of improvisation were positive as the majority of students revealed that their successful keyboard improvisations surprised them. Pretest/Posttest findings suggest that the participants in this study (n = 14) increased their improvisation achievement skills 77 points from a pretest mean of 29 (sd = 38.59) to a Posttest mean of 106 (sd = 89.75). A two way, repeated measures (mixed design) ANOVA was calculated and no significant effect was found between the student’s percentile rank reported on the Total Test of the Advanced Measures of Music Audiation (AMMA) and the scores gained between the Pretest/Posttest administration of the Keyboard Improvisation Achievement Test (KIAT). The findings of this study suggest that instruction in improvisation is beneficial to students enrolled in freshmen collegiate group piano classes. Participants in this study reported that improvisation increased their concentration skills and though they were often anxious about performing in front of their peers, they enjoyed listening and learning from their classmates. Music educators are encouraged to include improvisation in their class teachings and the group piano class is an excellent venue to promote and develop this skill as it provides students an outlet to spontaneously express their musical thoughts.
Download or read book Keyboard Theory Bk 2 written by and published by Alfred Music Publishing. This book was released on 1996-03 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This series offers an imaginative approach to theory designed to help students learn the fundamentals of music and traditional harmonic practice quickly, easily, musically. A carefully planned program of keyboard activities develops the ability to: Acquire facility in all major and minor keys through perceiving their black-and-white-key layout * Accompany melodies in various styles * Learn good voice-leading techniques while reconstructing music of the masters * Make discriminating choices of harmonies in a widening spectrum from tonic and dominant to 7th chords on any scale degree * Modulate as a natural shifting of key center rather than according to artificial formulas * Improve reading skill through experience with all major and minor keys, meters, and rhythm patterns, and by playing from figured bass * Improvise on given ideas as well as create short compositions.
Download or read book Summary Record of the 1st Part public of the 457th Meeting Held at the Palais Wilson Geneva on Monday 30 April 2001 written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Keyboard Skills for the Practical Musician written by Cole Burger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-02-27 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keyboard Skills for the Practical Musician provides undergraduate music majors in class piano courses with the techniques and fundamentals they need to flourish into independent, versatile musicians who play with confidence and sensitivity. Organized by skill (rather than level), the topics sequenced in this textbook offer endless flexibility for instructors while guiding students in a step-by-step approach through the development of essential keyboard skills—such as reading, harmonization, improvisation, and accompaniment—supporting concepts learned in music theory, ear training, private lessons, methods classes, and ensemble courses. One can draw from many sections of the book in any given class or semester, covering a wide range of piano skills that foster abilities frequently used in a myriad of musical professions. Features: Over 400 sightreading, transposition, and score reading examples, along with 125 harmonization Melodies Project assignments that promote independent learning, expose students to new musical styles, and encourage collaboration A concluding Repertoire section with lists of solo and duet music, 10 ensemble arrangements, 6 duets, and additional pieces from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Post-Romantic eras Music examples include numerous works by composers from marginalized backgrounds and from global folk music No prior piano background knowledge needed Explaining the core elements of keyboard learning in an accessible and responsive format while accentuating the importance of learning how to learn, Keyboard Skills for the Practical Musician offers an essential resource for all class piano students and instructors.
Download or read book Alfred s Teach Yourself to Improvise at the Keyboard written by Bert Konowitz and published by Alfred Music Publishing. This book was released on 1996-11 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teach yourself to improvise at the electronic keyboard or acoustic piano in this easy-to-use book. Each new concept is presented in logical, progressive fashion and is followed by reinforcement exercises and fun songs to improvise to. You'll want to jam every day!
Download or read book Keyboard Workshop written by Ekay Music, Incorporated and published by Shacor, Inc.. This book was released on 1995 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Alfred s Teach Yourself to Improvise at the Keyboard written by Bert Konowitz and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to improvise at the keyboard and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred. Students of all ages can continue their journey to a lifetime of musical enjoyment. By following the step-by-step set of instructions, you will learn all about improvising in blues, rock and jazz styles. With its chord symbols, mini-music lessons and both original and traditional songs, this book will have you improvising right from the beginning! Improvisation is a skill that can be learned and one that every budding pianist should know. It allows the performer to musically express feelings and ideas and is an exciting skill for performing all styles of music. Be your own teacher, and let Alfred be your resource every step of the way.
Download or read book Improvisation in Collegiate Class Piano written by Jungeyun Grace Choi and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With intent to improve pedagogy in collegiate class piano, the purpose of this research was to investigate an aural approach to improvisation in beginning class piano. Research questions were: (a) What is the improvisation achievement of beginning collegiate class piano students? (b) What is the relationship between beginning collegiate class piano students' music aptitude and music achievement? and (c) what are students' perceptions of improvisation in class piano pedagogy? Participants in this study were undergraduate class piano students enrolled in their first year of class piano. Prior to the study, students' stabilized music aptitude was measured with the Advanced Measures of Music Audiation (AMMA, Gordon, 1989). Each student participated in two classes each week for a period of 14 weeks. I taught classes using instructional materials based on Keyboard Musicianship: Piano for Adults (Lyke, Caramia, Alexander, Haydon, & CHioldi, 2014) and Developing Musicianship through Improvisation (DTMI; Azzara & Grunow, 2006, 2010a, 2010b). This study was integrated into the pre-existing, school-wide, semester-long curriculum. Each student completed a: (a) pre-study survey, (b) mid-study group interview, and (c) post-study individual interview. I video-recorded all performances and interviews. At the end of 14 weeks of instruction, each student: (a) sang the melody of "Happy Birthday," (b) improvised to "Happy Birthday" vocally, (c) played the melody of "Happy Birthday" in the right hand with appropriate accompaniment in the left hand, and (d) improvised to "Happy Birthday" in the right hand with appropriate accompaniment in the left hand. Students then repeated this procedure with an unfamiliar researcher-composed tune. Three independent judges, professional musicians with experience improvising, rated recordings of student performances using rating scales designed to measure tonal, rhythm, expressive, and improvisation skills. Quantitative results affirmed that an aural approach to improvisation in beginning collegiate class piano may have led to improvised music achievement. Qualitative results revealed that an aural approach to improvisation in beginning collegiate class piano enhanced participants' perspectives of undergraduate music curricula.
Download or read book Melody Harmonization at the Keyboard written by Laila K. O'sullivan and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The primary justification for including functional keyboard studies as part of the theory curriculum rests on the belief that they serve to reinforce the understanding of tertian chord vocabulary and the concepts of functional harmonic progression typical of the music of the 18th through mid 19th centuries. The usefulness of keyboard skills is, however, not confined to activities in our music theory classrooms. Also serving as a valuable tool in musical illustration and even improvisation, proficiency at the keyboard proves its usefulness on more practical occasions, such as accompanying for informal, community, school and church events.
Download or read book Keyboard Connections written by Anthony Osborne and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2006-06 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although music theory and temperament have been familiar studies since the time of Pythagoras, written explanations can be obscure and often mystical. This book describes proportion and temperament in the simplest way using straightforward diagrams and minimum text Anthony Osborne, with his architectural training, produces a range of illustrations as a practical guide, readily understandable to the reader whether or not they have musical, mathematical or scientific knowledge. Principally concerning the piano keyboard, this book is an information source regarding the connections between music, and architecture. He explains Equal Temperament and the pivotal role of the Dominant Seventh and explores Doppler''s theory, sound, light and colour and the relevance of proportion and consonance in the universe around us.
Download or read book Chord Scale Improvisation for Keyboard written by Ross Ramsay and published by Berklee PressPublications. This book was released on 2011 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Berklee Guide). Improvisation is the art of real-time composition. This book will guide you through exploring some of the many possible scale choices that can be used with chords and chord progressions, giving you a greater range of expression. Topics include the basics of chord-scale theory, modes and how to use them, the blues scale, symmetrical scales, and more. The accompanying CD features demonstration and play-along tracks to really drive each lesson home.
Download or read book Keyboard Experience and Piano Class Instruction written by Music Educators National Conference (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
