KSMUS 211 — Keyboard Skills II

2 credits
Fall
Faculty

Prerequisite: KSMUS 111-2 . With the focus now on chromatic harmonies and complex modulations, this course continues the study of all topics introduced in Keyboard Skills I. Areas under study include: realization of figured bass lines without a given soprano; composition of progressions with chromatic harmonies and distant modulations; reduction of three- and four-part scores utilizing varying clefs; an introduction to orchestral transpositions and prepared reduction of symphonies and concertos by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven; and transposition of 19th-century lieder up and down varying intervals. Required of all keyboard majors.

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