M-JP-RLB1

Theory Classes

3

8

30

One 40-minute class per week

20 hours. If there are fewer applications for this subject than indicated in the description, it will typically proceed with proportionally less contact time (and accordingly more individual attention per student), but in case of on-campus classes never with fewer than 3 students.

64 hours

Admitted to the first year. This subject can also be followed by online CFT students.

See Competencies Matrix.

Learning to interpret and play notated rhythms (difficulty level: basic to intermediate) from various musical idioms within the jazz, pop and latin domains.
Learning to recognize and notate the elementary note values of swung or straight quarters, eighths, triplets, sixteenths, dotted notes, rests and ties.
Building a ready repertoire of rhythmic fragments.
Developing elementary polyphonic rhythm playing.
Developing elementary vocal and motor coordination.

This module is related to the main subject module as well as the theory modules.

Notating demonstrated (played and/or sung) monophonic rhythmic fragments.
Playing (on percussion) or singing notated rhythmic fragments.
Elementary two/three -voice rhythm playing, in order to develop elementary voice / hand / foot coordination.

The study material is comprised respectively of:
Jazz, rock and latin clichés, using eighths, quarters, triplets, dotted notes, ties, rests, accents and basic cross rhythms in 4/4, 3/4, 2/2, 6/8 and 12/8 time signatures.

Basic conga patterns, applied to simple polyphonic rhythms in the latin idiom.
Basic hand- and foot patterns played on conga or table whilst singing a related rhythm in the jazz-, rock- or latin idiom.

Lab classes. This subject cannot be taught in mixed on-campus/online groups.

Study materials and exercises designed by instructors.

n/a

Written and oral assessment by the instructor at the end of the first semester and a written and oral exam at the end of the second semester.

Students are able to:
Correctly notate a demonstrated rhythm (written test).
Sing or tap the repertoire built over the course of the module, keeping time by snapping the fingers of one hand (practical test).
After brief preparation, play a notated rhythmic fragment while keeping time by snapping the fingers of one hand (practical test).

The student has completed this module if their final assessment constitutes a minimum grade of 5.5. Assessment at the end of the autumn semester is formative and expressed in terms of satisfactory/unsatisfactory. It indicates a student's progress in this module. No ECs are awarded and there is no resit. Modules can only be absolved, and ECs awarded, after the end of the spring semester.

At the end of the first semester, the teacher gives a written (and oral) assessment. At the end of the second semester, students take a written and oral exam.

See the Education and Assessment Plan.