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Piano improvisation - course description

General information
Course name Piano improvisation
Course ID 03.2-WA-D-ImFor-S18
Faculty Faculty of Arts
Field of study WA - oferta ERASMUS / Humanities and Arts, Music
Education profile -
Level of studies Second-cycle Erasmus programme
Beginning semester winter term 2018/2019
Course information
Semester 2
ECTS credits to win 4
Course type obligatory
Teaching language polish
Author of syllabus
Classes forms
The class form Hours per semester (full-time) Hours per week (full-time) Hours per semester (part-time) Hours per week (part-time) Form of assignment
Class 15 1 - - Credit with grade

Aim of the course

  1. Making the student familiar with the problems of the improvisation techniques

  2. Acquiring practical improvisation skills to create accompaniments and other forms used by

    music teachers and in non-professional music ensembles

  3. Introduction to arrangement of simple melodies for piano (classroom arrangements)

  4. Introduction to improvisation of simple music forms

Prerequisites

Receiving the required credits for the 2nd semester of the graduate studies.

Scope

The texture of piano music, the principles of constructing an improvisation.
The relation between the bass line, the harmonic and rhythm structures and the melody. The principles of a melody harmonization.
Alberti bass, figurations.
Imitation in the improvisation
Using two and more melodies and sound layers.
Playing accompaniments for songs including improvised intros and outros. Improvisation of simple music forms on a basis of chord structures.
Playing chord symbols (used in the classical music as well as in pop music and jazz).

Teaching methods

Practical exercises on the piano.

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description Outcome symbols Methods of verification The class form

Assignment conditions

Grade on a basis of playing selected exercises on the piano.

Recommended reading

W. Olszewski, Podstawy harmonii we współczesnej muzyce jazzowej i rozwywkowej, PWM Kraków, 2009

M.Kubina-Skarbowska, Podstawy improwizacji fortepianowej, Uniw. Siąski, 1996
A. Koszewski: Materiały do nauki improwizacji fortepianowej, PWSM, Poznań, 1968 W.Lutosławski, Bukoliki, Melodie ludowe (na fortepian)
B.Bartok, Mikrokosmos cz.III-VI
The lecturers own materials.

Further reading

D. Aldis, A Classical Approach to Jazz Piano Improvisation, Hal Leonard Corporation, 2003 P. Kałużny, Skale muzyczne we współczesnej harmonii tonalnej, AM Poznań, 1993

W. Olszewski, Sztuka improwizacji jazzowej, PWM, Kraków, 2012

Notes


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