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CPNO1603: Practical Keyboard Skills 1
2024 unit information
This unit of study is designed to develop practical reading and playing skills for keyboard players without spending time learning difficult repertoire. The focus will be on building sight reading competence, transposition, clef reading, figured bass realisation and score reading, working on the keyboard and not from an only theoretical position.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Performance
| Code | CPNO1603 |
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| Academic unit | Performance |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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None |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. demonstrate a systematic approach to furthering sight-reading skills
- LO2. demonstrate a systematic approach to transposition
- LO3. read and play using every clef with ease
- LO4. understand the principles behind realising figured bass patterns, and put them into practice on a keyboard instrument.
Unit availability
This section lists the session, attendance modes and locations the unit is available in. There is a unit outline for each of the unit availabilities, which gives you information about the unit including assessment details and a schedule of weekly activities.
The outline is published 2 weeks before the first day of teaching. You can look at previous outlines for a guide to the details of a unit.
| Session | MoA ? | Location | Outline ? |
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Semester 1 2024
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Normal day | Sydney | |
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Semester 2 2024
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Normal day | Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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Modes of attendance (MoA)
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Important enrolment information
Additional advice
Must have keyboard skills and reasonable music reading skills.
