Course: Wind Band Theory credits: 4

Course code
MZVP8HTH1
Name
Wind Band Theory
Study year
2023-2024
ECTS credits
4
Language
Dutch, with parts in English
Coordinator
M.R.E. Vondenhoff
Modes of delivery
  • Practical / Training
  • Tutorial
  • Work placement
Assessments
  • semester 1 - Other assessment
  • semester 2 - Other assessment

Learning outcomes

The craft: Musicians maintain a wide range of technical knowledge and skills, which enable them to function within a national as well as international professional context.
Analytical ability: Musicians can analyse music, including cognitively.
 

Content

The content of the Hafabra theory consists of the following components:
- Orchestra training
- Mood and intonation
- Percussion, a world full of sound
- The mystery of light music
- The history

1st year
- Orchestra training Wood and Copper
- Percussion + scope of all instruments
- Transpositions of all instruments of the 3 orchestral forms
- Size and ideal registers
- Type of scores for various Hafabra instrumentations

Included in programme(s)

School(s)

  • Prince Claus Conservatoire