Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

All applied music students are required to attend weekly lessons, attend weekly performance classes, participate in public performance, and complete a music jury. A substantial amount of out-of-lesson practice time is required.

• Use an understanding of elementary musicianship and performance etiquette to perform basic solo bass repertory.
• Use an understanding of elementary music literacy to prepare and rehearse basic solo bass repertory for performance.
• Use an elementary understanding of stylistic distinctions in basic solo bass repertory to accurately interpret music in performance.
• Use an elementary understanding of the bass to continue to improve as a performer.
   

Public performance of assigned repertoire demonstrating solid technique, musicianship and proper performance practice. (minimum of two area recitals in addition to final performance.)

Sightread excerpts of basic level repertory.

Participation in final recital and jury.

Successful completion of material assigned by private instructor.

The material for the course will be presented in a one-on-one hands-on format.

Students will be required to perform in a final student recital and must pass
a performance jury at the end of every term before moving on to the next term of study.

Students are expected to participate in chamber ensembles and are required to perform a minimum of two times per term in the weekly music performance area recitals.

Students will demonstrate good tone production, solid technique, rhythmic precision, proper performance practice, good musicianship and perform scales and arpeggios at required tempi.

Students will learn and perform from memory representative works from contrasting styles and eras.

Public music performance of material covered in lessons.

Completion of music jury at the end of the term - featuring qualitative and quantitative demonstration.

Attendance and participation in applied performance sessions.

Participation and preparation of material assigned during lessons.

1. First Year Required Materials (MUP 178): String Bass

   The first year of study focuses on the development of fundamental technique and basic repertoire. Instructors should assign exercises, etudes and repertoire according to individual student need and ability. A minimum of at least one etude and two works from contrasting stylistic periods should be assigned each term.

   • Fundamentals: Tone production, basic bowings, shifting, thumb position

   • Skills: All Major and minor scales (two octaves)

   • Sight-Reading: Selected excerpts appropriate to student level

   • Etudes and Methods: Simandl, New Method I, Bille, New Method I, Hrabe, Etudes or similar work

   • Suggested Repertoire: Selected works by: Marcello, Telemann, Eccles, Cupruzzi or other appropriate pieces.

   • Demonstrate fundamental technique: Good tone production, Basic bowings,
     Basic shifting, Beginning thumb position, Major and minor scales and arpeggios (two octaves)

   • Public performance of assigned repertoire demonstrating solid technique, musicianship and

   • proper performance practice. (minimum of two area recitals in addition to final performance.)

   • Sightread excerpts of appropriate difficulty.