Curricula

Objective

After completing the course, you will be able to express yourself with your main instrument in a natural, high-quality and stylistic way, taking into account the level-specific requirements of the instrument. You recognise the level of your instrument skills and the importance of its continuous maintenance and development, as well as your own readiness for continuously learn with your main instrument. In cooperation with your teacher, you find repertoire appropriate to your technical level and suitable for your development and set appropriate goals for your instrument skills. You understand the importance of the right training methods in terms of your development, and you train appropriately under the guidance of your teacher. You know how to practice prima vista skills with appropriate exercises for the development of your instrument skills.

You are able to record, edit and share audio and video with a mobile recorder. You know how to use and utilise accompaniment and transcription applications to support your instrumental studies. If needed, you know how to assemble the appropriate PA system and use it. You understand the importance of ergonomics and hearing care and use them.

Content

In the course, you will study the technical skills of your main instrument, knowledge of musical periods and genres as well as repertoire, music reading and prima vista skills, musical creativity and interpretation, performance, and digital skills.

Instrument-specific contents: Musiikin opinnot Moodle workspace > Musiikin instrumenttiopinnot > Musiikin instrumenttiopinnot (pdf)

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Approved:
You express yourself naturally on your main instrument with your current technical and musical skills and identify your level of expertise. You have the ability for continuously learn with your main instrument, and you recognise the importance of continuously maintaining and developing your instrument expertise. You can outline stylistic musical elements and play the repertoire you practice, striving for style. In collaboration with your teacher, you set goals that are relevant to your instrument expertise and choose repertoire that corresponds to your technical level and is suitable and optimal for your development. You understand the importance of prima vista skills and choose appropriate exercises to develop them. You know how to use and utilise accompaniment and transcription applications as well as mobile audio and video recording to support your instrumental studies. If needed, you know how to assemble the appropriate PA system and use it. You understand the importance of ergonomics and hearing care and use them in your work.

Further information

The course includes a yearly demonstration of competence. The demonstration of practical ability completed in the third year of studies is taken into account in the assessment of the main instrument studies in the fourth year.

Student's right to instrument studies:

The student's instrument teaching may be denied if other studies do not proceed as agreed with the teacher tutor / study supervisor and the head. The minimum number of credits for studies completed during the academic year must be 40 credits. Otherwise, the instrument teaching for the next academic year will be considered.

If a student has completed previous university-level instrument studies at the beginning of his or her studies, then the amount of instrument teaching provided will be assessed on a student-by-student basis. When assessing the amount of instrument teaching required to achieve the degree's competence goal, the level of instrument competence achieved by the student before the start of studies is taken into account. The head of the Degree Programme decides the amount of teaching to be given at the beginning of the studies.