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PRCN2006: Resource Class - Percussion
2022 unit information
This unit provides students with an introduction to and performance experience on a wide range of percussion instruments. The aim of this unit is to: introduce students to performance techniques on orchestral, latin, ethnic and commercial percussion instruments; provide students with historical information about instruments in the percussion family; and enable students to assemble and perform basic maintenance on school percussion instruments. On completion students will be prepared to face the situations usually encountered in elementary classroom, and ensemble teaching of percussion instruments.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
| Code | PRCN2006 |
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| Credit points | 3 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Demonstrate basic percussion techniques
- LO2. Understand the challenges of using three and four way hand/foot independence required for playing the drum kit
- LO3. Transcribe the drum kit part to a popular song using standard kit notation
- LO4. Demonstrate basic 2 and 4 mallet techniques on keyboard percussion instruments
- LO5. Demonstrate knowledge of standard band and orchestral percussion including drums, mallets, bass drum, cymbals, triangle, tambourine, hand drums, other auxiliary and latin instruments.
- LO6. Arrange for percussion using correct ranges and notation
- LO7. Perform percussion compositions.
- LO8. Demonstrate knowledge of basic pedagogical considerations for percussion
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