Adaptive, Supportive Accompanying Skills
Module code
M-JP-EBDASAS
Curricular domain
Practical Classes
Credits
4
Group size
3
Number of course weeks
10
Class duration
90 minutes
Total contact hours
15 hours
Study load
97 hours
Form / content / level
Prerequisites
Admitted to year 2 Jazz & Pop Main Subjects Piano & Keys, Bass Guitar, Double Bass or Drums. This subject can only be followed on-campus.
NOTE that selecting one elective band is compulsory in the second year Jazz & Pop. In years 2, 3 and 4 students Jazz & Pop can select up to two elective bands per year in total.
Competencies
Aims
Acquiring and developing adaptive and supporting accompanying skills in various styles within the domain of jazz, pop and latin music.
Relation to other modules
This module is related to the main subject module.
Content
In this elective, students will learn how to adequately accompany someone without much preparation time and with sheet music of varying quality and sometimes in the wrong key, in various styles within the domain of jazz, pop and latin music. The elective is open to pianists, bassists and drummers. Part of the elective is accompanying (paid for by the auditioners) at entrance auditions.
Mode(s) of instruction
Playing with and listening to peer students, feedback.
Material & Tools
Handed out by the instructor, mainly last minute.
Student activity
Accompanying entrance auditions.
Examination and assessment
Mode(s) of assessment
Assessment by the band instructor at the end of each semester.
Criteria
Creativity in varying styles, sheet music, sense of harmony, rhythmic idioms, timing and tempo control, musical interaction, reading skills, interpretation, style awareness, form principles, tonal balance, preparation, accompaniment, active participation and attitude.
Pass requirements
The student has completed this module if being awarded a minimum grade of 5.5 at the end of the second semester.
Examination procedure
Written assessment by the instructor at the end of both semesters. 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. The end-of-semester assessments comprise evaluations of students' performance during the rehearsals and public performances.
Resit options
Module summary
This module allows the student to develop accompanying skills in various styles within the domain of jazz, pop and latin music.