FUNCTIONAL PIANO 2180 Fall 2014
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FUNCTIONAL PIANO 2180 Fall 2014 Text: Alfred’s GROUP PIANO BOOK 2 Carolyn Savko Room 367F Fine Arts Section 001 TTH 2 P.M. Phone 817-272-1387 Section 002 MW 1 P.M. Section 003 TTH 8:30 A.M. Required: Bring own headphones and jack to every class COURSE DESCRIPTION; The prerequisite is 1180,1181 or permission from the instructor after playing and sight-reading. Concentrated work on scales, hands together. Expanded chord vocabulary, sight-reading, literature and improvising. Students will be graded on preparation and playing of assignments. Week 1 : Scales: C, G 1, Chords: Starting root, first and second inversions: I IV I64 V7 I 2, Improvise over the chord pattern: I IV I V I I IV V7 I May be Alberti Bass, Waltz Bass , Broken Chord 3 Play from lead sheet: First do two handed accompaniment RH plays 3 note chord LH plays bass Second- Play melody in RH Chords in LH 4. Pre-Hymn Exercise #1 - use pedal to connect chords Transpose to G Week 2, Scales D. A Do number 1,2,3 from above in key of D and A 4. Chord Progression- to be passed out in class 5. Start Pleasant Morning first part 6. Pre hymn exercise #2 in D, transpose to A Week 3 Scales E, B 1.Chords 2. Improvise over chord pattern I vi IV V I I ii6 V7 I 3, Lead sheet two handed accompaniment 4, Pleasant Morning 5. Hymn exercises in E.B Week 4 TEST Day 1 SCALES REQUIRED C, G, A, E, B Chords root, first and second inversions Draw for two scales. Scale one __________(10) Scale two ___________(10) Chords ____________(10) Chords ______________(10) Improvise over either I vi IV V I ii6 V7 I (10) or I IV I V I I IV V7 I Day 2 Pleasant Morning all (40) Accuracy_____ Fingering____ Continuity___ Dynamics_____ Lead sheet – Choose one to play melody in RH (10) Chords in left- any style Week 5 Scales a minor, e minor harmonic form 1. Chords 2. Ranger Ballgame in first inversion 3. Accompany folk song 4. Sight read from book 5. Review circle of fourths in first inversion 6. Start Musette Week 6. Scales F#, C# 1. Chords 2. Arpeggios 3. 3 Figured bass exercise 4. Improvise pentatonic tune with 5th in left hand 5. Lead sheet- play two handed accompaniment (three chord tones in RH, bass in LH) 6. Read from book 7. Work on Musette Week 7. F 1. Scale 2. Chords 3. Read from book 4. Ranger Ballgame in second inversion 5. Arpeggio HT in root position, HA inversions 6. Lead Sheet tune 7. Figured Bass 8. Musette Week 8. Bflat 1. Scale and chords 2. Arpeggio Hands alone, root position, first and second inversions 3. Dominant Seventh arpeggio 4. Figured Bass 5. Read in Book 6. Improvise using Alberti Bass I vi IV V I IV I64 V7 I 7. Musette – all Week 9 TEST Day 1 1. Draw for one scale from a, e. (harmonic) F#, C#, F . B Flat is required 2. Arpeggios root position only HT. Chords Scale #1_________ 10 BFlat _________10 Chords #1________10 Bflat___________10 Arpeggio #1_______ 5 Arpeggio_Bflat_____5 TEST Day 2 1. Musette – all _________20 2. Choose lead sheet ____________( 10) Plat melody in RH and chords in Left 3. Improvise on I vi IV V I IV V7 I (10) Play closest movement. NOT FROM ROOT to ROOT 4. Accompany a melody (10) Week 10 1. Scales Eflat d minor harmonic 2. Chords Arpeggios Eflat HA, d minor HT 3. Secondary Dominants 4. Work on Sonatina 5. Chord progression I 07/ii ii 07/iii ii V4 I in C major. G major 3 6. Lead sheet Melody Week 11 1. Scales Aflat g minor (Harmonic form) 2. Chords, arpeggios 3. Secondary Dominants 4. Work on Sonatina 5. Read in book 6 .Pre-hymn #3 7. Lead sheet chords Week 12 1. Scales Dflat c minor Harmonic 2. Chords, arpeggios Dflat HA c minor root HT. Inversions HA 3. Secondary Dominants 4. Sonatina 5. Pre-hymn #4 7. Read in Book 8. Work on Lead Sheet Week 13 1. Scales G flat f minor 2. Chords, arpeggio G flat HA f minor Root HT 3. Figured Bass to be passed out in class 4. Fill in chord tones 5. Sonatina Week 14 1. C flat Scale , chords, arpeggio 2. I 07/V V4 I6 viio I 2 6 3. Read #5 Pre-Hymn ex. 4. Sonatina 5. Lead sheet- melody and chords 6. Sight read in book 7. Accompany melody using broken chord Week 15 and 16 TESTS 1. Sonatina all of first movement (50) 2. Secondary Dominant Progression(10) 3. Figured Bass (10) 4. Lead Sheet (10) 5. Accompanying melody(10) 6. Chord Progressions I vi IV ii6 I64 V7 I in G, start in first inversion in RH I I7 IV V7/V I (10) .