This module is core of all Stage 1 students and comprises two components : Keyboard Skills and Second Study (instrument) .Keyboard Skills introduces students to keyboard harmony and related technical skills , while the study of a second instrument provides non-keyboard students the opportunity to gain important pianistic skills as an aid to accompaniment , pedagogy and the development of harmonic competence .
Principal Study Keyboard students usually elect to study a related insturment (organ or harpsichord)or a non -keyboard insturment if it is appropraite . For details of the sylaabus requirements for all Second Study instruments , please see the insturmental /Vocal Appendix.
Keyboard Skills
Chord location , formation and cadences ;harmonisation Ifigured bass and lead sheets ) and melodic improvisation , C flefs (Alto)
Second Study
Exploration of repertoire ;technical development , accompaniment skills .
Keyboard Skills is taught in small group classes . Second Study is taught in a one -to -one lesson
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| Other Assessment(s) | 100 |