MUSIC 380F
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Techniques for Instrumental Music Educators: Percussion
Music
College of Fine Arts and Communications
Course Description
Learning to play and to teach percussion instruments with a focus on instrumental ensembles; survey of instructional materials.
When Taught
Winter Odd Years
Fixed
1
Fixed
0
Fixed
3
Other Prerequisites
Music 196, 198.
Title
Performance Skills
Learning Outcome
Students will demonstrate: an understanding of fundamental performance techniques for musical instruments common to the percussion family; rudimentary technique on many of the instruments labeled percussion, concentrating on those that are most common to today’s elementary and high school band and orchestra literature.
Title
Teaching Skills
Learning Outcome
Students will demonstrate ability to teach beginning percussion students at the elementary or secondary school levels and to continue to provide them with an accepted, organized approach to learning and developing percussion techniques and skills.
Title
Awareness of Pedagogy
Learning Outcome
Students will demonstrate familiarity with the history of each major instrument found in the percussion family, their acoustical properties and methods of sound production, and the idiosyncrasies of percussion music notation.
