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MUSIC 166

Organ Registration

Music College of Fine Arts and Communications

Course Description

Organ stops and their application to various performance styles.

When Taught

Fall

Grade Rule

Grade Rule 8: A, B, C, D, E, I (Standard grade rule)

Min

2

Fixed

2

Fixed

2

Fixed

0

Other Prerequisites

Concurrent private or group instruction in organ or instructor's consent

Title

Organ Registration

Learning Outcome

During this class students learn basic concepts of organ registration and organ design as they pertain to hymn playing and general church service playing. Additionally, they learn the registration practices associated with historic periods and musical styles corresponding to the differing instrument types, musical genres and composers from the Middle Ages through the present.