Musicianship
The
study of basic musical elements.
Listening Skills.
Hearing and understanding
musical elements.
- How to listen to a piece
of music and pick out important melodies, rhythms and other
patterns.
- How to "play back" these elements on various instruments,
including the piano, drums, the tambourine, etc.
- How to "sing back" melodies.
Chords. Recognizing and playing common chord
patterns.
- How to hear basic
harmonies and understand
their relationships to one another.
- How to read Chord Symbols and Fakebook Chord Notation.
- How to play basic Chord Progressions on the
piano.
Basic
Notation. Learning how to notate and read
musical elements.
- How to read and write
one-line melodies.
- How to notate basic rhythms.
Keyboard
Skills. Playing musical elements at the
piano.
- Using the accessibility
of the piano to play music and better internalize various
musical elements.