PAMANTASAN NG LUNGSOD NG MAYNILA

(University of the City of Manila)

Intramuros, Manila

COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS, AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

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MUAP 12 Music Performance Minor 2 (Piano)

( 1 unit )

Name of Faculty : _____________________________ Schedule : ____________________________________

A. Course Description :

The course helps the students to acquire physical coordination, mental focus, and a deeper understanding of the music making process. Piano training is used as a venue for students to express
themselves beautifully through music, through the acquisition of: a solid piano technique, a beautiful tone production, knowledge of style, interpretation, pedaling, touch, and phrasing.

B. Course Objectives
The course aims to:

Knowledge
1. Interpret a given musical piece with regards to pitch, duration, volume, and tone color
2. Interpret a given musical piece with regards to its historical style and genre
3. Interpret the different forms of music
4. Decipher which technique and/or exercises are appropriate for certain types of music

Skills
1. Develop appropriate techniques with regards to sound (pitch, duration, volume and tone color)
2. Develop appropriate techniques for certain musical styles
3. Create a well informed and well-structured concert program
4. Perform a whole concert program

Values
1. Have patience and perseverance in learning new material.
2. Develop consistent work habits: organizing one’ stime and practice on a daily basis in order to prepare for weekly class performances.
3. Develop responsibility: always coming prepared for performance in class.
4. Have patient attention to details.
5. Have diligent work towards high level of musical performance.
Name of Faculty : _____________________________ Schedule : ___________________________________________________________

Learning Outcome Topic/s Methodology Resources Assessment/s Output

For all the piano levels, the
student should be able to:
1. Apply solid piano technique to
the learning of the piano
material.
2. Learn to practice effectively
so as to make steady progress.
3. Play with good posture and
controlled technique.
4. Play with beautiful qualities of
sound.
(Continuation of Level 1)
Scales and Arpeggios – one
octave (6 major and 6 minor
scales)
Choice of 5 pieces for the
following piano method books:
Bastien Piano Course, or
Robert Pace: Music for Piano, or
Faber and Faber, Piano
Adventures
Bartok Mikrokosmos Volume 1
(5 pieces)
1. One-on-one discussion of
piano technique and piano
pieces.
2. Listening to assigned piano
pieces.
3. Teacher’s demonstration of
piano pieces being studied.
4. Weekly performances in class.
5. Performance of assigned
pieces before a piano jury.
Scales and Arpeggios (Aaron, Weekly lesson assessment Performance from memory of 1
Hanon etc.) piece from the following
Final Examinations books/collections:
Bastien Piano Course - Czerny op. 599
- Piano Method Books
Robert Pace: Music for Piano - Bartok Mikrokosmos
vol. 1
Faber and Faber, Piano - Filipino Folksongs
Adventures
Bartok Mikrokosmos Volume 1
Filipino Folk Songs (Espino)
Czerny for Beginners Op. 599

5. Perform with musical Filipino Folk Songs (1 piece)

understanding: interpretation,
style, phrasing, pedalling. Czerny for Beginners Op. 599 (5
pieces)
6. Acquire through piano
training: physical coordination
and skill, mental focus, and
deeper appreciation of music
through weekly assessments and
the final examination.

D. Suggested Readings and References

Bach, C. P. E., Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments, Norton

Badura-Skoda, E. & P., Interpreting Mozart on the Keyboard, Barrie & Rockcliffe/Smithers & Boenellie

Bowen, Pedalling the Moden Pianoforte, O.U.P

Dolmetsch, A., Interpretation of the Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries, Washington Press

Ferguson, Style and Interpretation Vols. 1-6,O.U.P.

Gat,The Technique of Piano Playing, Collet’s

Huneker, Chopin the Man and His Music, Dover

Kern and Titus, The Teacher’s Guidebook to Piano Literature,Edwards

Kirkpatrick, R., Domenico, Scarlatti, Apollo/Burns and MacEastern

Koch, The Piano Student’s Gradus ad Parnassum, J. Fischer

Kochevitsky,The Art of Piano Playing, Summy-Birchard

Loesser, Men, Women and Pianos, Gollancz

Merrick, Practising the Piano, Barie & Rockliff

Priesing-Tecklin, Language of the Piano, C. Fisher

Riefling, Piano Pedalling, O.U.P

Schmitz, E. R., The Piano Works of Claude Debussy, Dover

Schonberg, H. E., The Great Pianist from Mozart to the Present, Simon & Schuster

Suchoff, Guide to the Mikrokosmos of Bartok , Music Services

Piano Books Music Pieces

Bastien Bastien Piano Course Bk. 1 Czerny, Carl Czerny op. 299

Bartok, Bela Mikrokosmos Vol. 1- 3 Faber & Faber Piano Adventures, Bk. 1

Cramer Cramer Studies Heller Heller Studies

Clark, Frances Frances Clark Contemporary Pieces Book ½ Pace, Robert Music for Piano, Bk. 1

Czerny, Carl Czerny op. 599 Pace, Robert Skills and Drills, Bk. 1

Czerny, Carl Czerny op. 636 Schmitt Preparatory Exercises

E. Course Requirements

Students will be graded according to the following components:

Final Examination
- Precision 25%
- Technique 25%
- Musicality 25%
- Stylistic Interpretation __25%__
100%

100%

F. Grading System: Zero-based

% Scale Rating Numerical Rating Remarks

98-100 1.00 Excellent
95-97 1.25 Excellent
92-94 1.50 Very Good
89-91 1.75 Very Good
86-88 2.00 Good
83-85 2.25 Good
80-82 2.50 Satisfactory
77-79 2.75 Satisfactory
75-76 3.00 Passed
Below 75 5.00 Failed
INC Incomplete
DO Dropped Officially
DU ( 5.00 ) Dropped Unofficially

G. Classroom Policies

1. Attend classes on time and regularly.

2. Bring a copy of the piece/s, the instrument and necessary tools (foot stool, music stand, pencil, etc)
3. Attend class prepared
4. Ask permission from the professor in going in and out of the classroom during class hours.
5. Show courtesy to classmates and professor.
H. Piano Examinations Rubric

Precision (intonation, note values, etc.) – 25%

Technique (left- and right-hand fingering, etc.) – 25%
Musicality (melody, accompaniment, cadences, etc.) – 25%
Stylistic Interpretation (form, style, treatment of texture, etc.) – 25%

25 pts. 23 pts. 21 pts. 18 pts.

Precision Performs with all the correct Performs with most of the correct Performs some of the correct Barely or does not perform with the
intonation and time values intonation and time values intonation and time values correct intonation and time values
Technique Executes the all musical ideas Executes most of the musical ideas Executes some musical ideas Barely or does not execute the
clearly clearly clearly musical ideas clearly

Musicality Performs all the musical ideas Performs most of the musical ideas Performs several of the musical Performs only a few or no musical
ideas ideas

Stylistic Interpretation Adheres to the performance practice Adheres to the performance practice Adheres to the performance practice Barely or does not adhere to the
and taste of the stylistic period of the and taste of the stylistic period of the and taste of the stylistic period of the performance practice and taste of
piece/s and composer/s throughout piece/s and composer/s for most of piece/s and composer/s in some the stylistic period of the piece/s and
the whole performance the performance parts of the performance composer/s