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2010/1 Module Catalogue
 Module Code: MUS1008 Module Title: KNOWLEDGE OF INSTRUMENTS
Module Provider: Music and Sound Recording Short Name: MU1.KOI
Level: HE1 Module Co-ordinator: ARMSTRONG T Dr (Music Record)
Number of credits: 10 Number of ECTS credits: 5
 
Module Availability

Autumn Semester
Assessment Pattern

Coursework 1 online assessment 30%

Coursework 2 online assessment 30%

Coursework  3 writen assessment 40%
Module Overview
This module introduces playing techniques, idiomatic writing and notation for common instruments featured in art music, popular music and jazz repertoires.
Prerequisites/Co-requisites
None
Module Aims
  • To develop an understanding of playing techniques for a variety of common instruments

     

  • To foster an awareness of idiomatic instrumental writing

     

  • To reinforce and develop knowledge of relevant notational conventions
Learning Outcomes

By the end of the module you should be able to:

 

 

 

 

  • Suggest suitable fingerings for passages of string writing

     

  • Transpose from written to concert pitch and vice versa

     

  • Suggest suitable pedal setting for a passage of harp music

     

  • Choose appropriate notation for different instrumental styles and special effects

     

  • Comment perceptively on instrumental writing presented in written and recorded form
Module Content
  • Introduction to the characteristics of instruments (woodwind, saxes, brass, percussion, guitar, piano, strings) and the music written for them 
  •  Notational conventions particularly for special effects and popular/jazz styles 
  • Transposition from written to concert pitch and vice versa
Methods of Teaching/Learning
  • Ten one-hour lectures and demonstrations

     

  • Audio resources available on Ulearn
Selected Texts/Journals

Essential Reading :

 

 

 

 

Adler, Samuel, 2002: The Study of Orchestration, 3rd rev. ed. (W.W. Norton and Co).

 

 

 

 

Blatter, Alfred, 1981: Instrumentation/Orchestration (New York; London : Longman).

 

 

 

 

Runswick, Daryl, 1992: Rock, Jazz and Pop Arranging ( London : Faber).

 

 

 

 

Jacob, Gordon, 1982: Orchestral Technique, 3rd ed. (London: Oxford University Press).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recommended Reading :

 

 

 

 

Del Mar, Norman, 1981: Anatomy of the Orchestra ( London : Faber).

 

 

 

 

Mancini, Henry, 1962: Sounds and Scores: a Practical Guide to Professional Orchestration ( Northridge, California : Northridge Music, Inc.).

 

 

 

 

Piston, Walter, 1978: Orchestration ( London : Gollancz).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Suggested Reading :

 

 

 

 

Macdonald, Hugh, trans. 2002: Berlioz’s Orchestration Treatise: a Translation and Commentary ( Cambridge , Cambridge University Press).

 

 

 

 

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai, 1964: Principles of Orchestration ( Dover ).

 

 

 

 
Last Updated

19.5.2010