BA(Hons) Creative Music Performance JTC GUITAR

TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT 1

TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT 1

Recommended Standard Entry Requires: UK Level 3 qualification or above / Equivalent to Grade 7 playing ability & Grade 5 theory knowledge

You now have the opportunity to experience some of the core material featured in our BA(Hons) degree courses. This will give you the chance to experience what it’s like to study online through our virtual learning environment, Canvas.

Individual Modules are exactly the same content as our BA(Hons) degree courses and are each worth 20 credits. If you wish to progress onto the full degree then these could transfer.

You will be able to experience studying with DIME ONLINE in cost effective bite-size chunks. Expert instruction focusing on specialist areas.

• Each module worth 20 Credits at Level 4

• Credits can be transferred onto the full BA(Hons) degree course

• Join DIME ONLINE’s learning community

• Modules are exactly the same as the BA(Hons) degree

• Detailed material for professional development

• Experience Canvas – our online virtual learning environment

• Expert one-to-one instructor feedback

The aim of this module is to enable you to:

• Develop core technical competence on your instrument

• Understand how core technical vocabulary can inform creative performance

• Apply the conventions and vocabulary of the instrument into a wider musical context

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Start Date: 29th January 2018 Duration: 15 weeks Cost: £700

Indicatively, this module will consist of:

• 26 hours of lectures (13 x 2.0 hours)

• Small groups/individual tutorials (7.5 hours)

• Peer chat groups/master-classes (7.5 hours)

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Module Description

The Technical Development Concepts module aims to introduce you to the fundamental concepts and methodologies that underpin technical development in the context of principal study instrument. The skills and vocabulary learned in this module will aid you within other performance-related contexts throughout the course and will prepare you for the lecture content in Technical Development in Practice that follows in Trimester 2.

The technical concepts explored will directly inform other areas of study and you will therefore find an intrinsic interconnectivity between the study of technique, improvisation, rhythm and artist studies. Whilst the majority of the techniques and technical theories encountered will be in the context of your principal study instrument, you are also encouraged to identify broader applications for the content studied.

Throughout the module, you will be expected to initiate and maintain a self-directed and strategic approach to your studies. Specifically, you will be required to develop a balanced and holistic appreciation for both your practical and theoretical development as a musician.

You will be responsible for motivating yourself to research and develop subject matter beyond the lessons in a pursuit to acquire depth of understanding within the subject area. In doing so, you will enhance your ability to view topics in a critical manner, to identify conceptual threads and to seek out commonalities across subject domains. At all times, you will be encouraged to derive.

Skills Development

Knowledge and Understanding • You will gain an understanding of the vocabulary and conventions used to underpin the study of technical development.

• You will explore foundational core concepts that are critical to the study of technical development.

Intellectual Skills • You will have an opportunity to develop and apply relevant cognitive and analytical skills when engaging with the theory and philosophy of technical development.

On completion of this Module you should be able to:

Assessment Criteria. To achieve the learning outcome you must demonstrate the ability to:

Demonstrate an understanding of core technical skills and devices specific to the discipline in the context of performance. (Creative Music Performance 1)

Present and perform a range of specialised isolated technical exercises.

Display elements of creativity and expression during technically-driven performance. (Creative Music Performance 3)

Utilise technically-appropriate language during genre-specific improvisation.

Demonstrate an awareness of the broader musical context in which technical concepts may be applied. (Creative Music Performance 4)

Demonstrate the ability to select or omit appropriate technical devices in the context of genre-specific improvisation-based performance.

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Practical Skills • You will develop the ability to apply foundational technical development concepts and theory to your instrument.

• You will develop their skills with regards to identifying language and theory that carry technical implications when engaging with lead sheets, transcriptions, scores and recordings.

Transferable Skills • You will have the opportunity to develop a creative and integrative approach to study, in which intellectual study and practical application are weighted equally.

Assessment Strategy

Summative assessment (Submission of filmed performance) You will be asked to submit an 8-10 minute filmed performance demonstrating:

• A range of isolated technical exercises that highlight the core concepts underpinning the module.

• Application of technical concepts in the context of a pre-agreed genre-specific performance.

The ‘pre-agreed’ performance will allow students to integrate technical vocabulary in a contextually-relevant manner. The repertoire will be agreed with your tutor during the trimester.

Summative assessment will occur at the end of Trimester 1, with formative assessment taking place at the mid-way point of the module (week 8). Feedback from weekly technical tasks will enable you to adjust and improve aspects of your playing on a frequent and regular basis.

The following aspects of performance will be taken into consideration: • Timing

• Tuning

• Accuracy of execution

• Sound and tonal production

• Fluency of phrasing

• Consistency of delivery

• Appropriateness of decision-making in the context of performance

• Creative intention and use of concepts and vocabulary

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Scheme of Work

Technical Development 1

Week Description

1 • To understand the CAGED system as derived from the five open chords• To reorganise this system in position order starting from E as the EDCAG system• To learn major chords and scales in five positions• To learn the chromatic scale in position 1• To learn and memorise three intervalic shapes in all positions

2 • To understand the CAGED system in minor• To reorganise this system in position order starting from E as the EDCAG system• To learn minor chords and scales in five positions• To study major and minor scales in parallel• To learn and memorise three intervalic shapes in all positions

3 • To study relative major-minor scale relationships• To organise major chord key changes in one area of the fretboard• To organise minor chords through the cycle of fourths• To learn and memorise three intervalic shapes in all positions

4 • To construct the four triad types using closed-voicings• To harmonised the major scale in close-voiced triads• To construct the four triad types using open-voicings• To harmonise the major scale in open-voiced triads• To organise the associated scales around our major chord key changes, in one area of the fretboard

5 • To study major and minor arpeggios using sweeping• To organise the associated scales around our minor chords using the cycle of fourths, in one area of the fretboard• To harmonise the major scale in position using closed-voiced triads• To harmonise the major scale in position using open-voiced triads

6 • To learn the minor pentatonic scale in five positions using hammer-ons and pull-offs• To study bending and vibrato techniques• To study relative major-minor pentatonic scale relationships• To continue our vibrato and string-bending studies• To learn a sweep-arpeggio etude in A minor

7 • To learn a variety of riffs in the classic blues-rock style• To build a practice routine for developing hammer-ons and pull-offs• To study relative major-minor blues scale relationships• To build a vocabulary of minor pentatonic bending repetition licks

8 • Formative Assessment

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9 • To construct major, minor, diminished and augmented triad inversions (parts 1, 2, 3)• To harmonise the major scale using first and second inversions (parts 1, 2,3)• To build a vocabulary of minor blues licks

10 • To build a vocabulary of open-string licks in the country rock style• To build a vocabulary of double-stop licks in the blues-rock style

11 • To construct open-voiced triad inversions Part 1 & 2• To harmonise the major scale using open-voiced inversions Part 1 & 2• To continue our study of double stops in three triad sets

12 • Revision Week

13 • Summative Assessment

14 • Masterclass, Group Tutorials, Recap Week

15 • Masterclass, Group Tutorials, Recap Week

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