Internship or externship in creating, performing, producing, or teaching applications of major course work. Organ technique, organ repertoire, hymn playing, music theory, organ registration, and sight-reading.

Course Details

Note
Earlier editions of the textbook by Paul Harker, Basic Materials in Music Theory, may be used in place of the edition listed. Students must pass all the assignments and exams to pass the course.
Prerequisites
Basic piano skills.
Course Outline
Lesson 1: The Nature of Organ Tone, Practice Techniques, and Manual Technique
Lesson 2: Pedal Technique and Organ Shoes
Lesson 3: The Basic Materials of Music: Time and Sound and The Notation of Pitch
Lesson 4: Time Classification and Note and Rest Values
Lesson 5: Time Signatures
Lesson 6: Organ Types and Components and the Organ Console
Lesson 7: Classification of Organ Stops by Pitch
Lesson 8: Classification of Organ Stops by Family
Lesson 9: The Three Primary Types of Organ Registration
Lesson 10: Chorus Registration
Lesson 11: Hymn Registration in Congregational Singing
Syllabus
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Textbooks
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Alfred's Basic Piano Course: Lesson Book - Level 3 (BK. 3) (Required)
by: Willard A. Palmer , Morton Manus , et al.
ISBN: 9780882848150
1982 Alfred Pub Co
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Basic Materials in Music Theory: A Programmed Course, 10th Edition (Book Only) (Required)
by: Paul O. Harder , Greg A. Steinke , et al.
ISBN: 9780130993335
2002 Prentice Hall
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Basic Organ Technique (Required)
by: Keeler
ISBN: 9780932858030
1998 Theodore Presser Co
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Organ Tutor Organ 101 Workbook 4.0 (Required)
ISBN: 9780728531239
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Seventy-Nine Chorales for the Organ, Op. 28 (Belwin Edition (H. W. Gray)) (Required)
by: Marcel Dupré
ISBN: 9780769241951
1985 Alfred Music
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The Organists' Manual: Technical Studies & Selected Compositions for the Organ (Required)
by: Roger E. Davis
ISBN: 9780393954616
1985 W. W. Norton & Company
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