Learning Outcomes – Digital Piano

 Learning Outcome:

The student will…

Digital Piano Grade 1 Develop musical knowledge and instrumental skills to enable the playing of melodies and chordsDevelop skills to use the digital functions of a digital piano.

Acquire instrumental and underpinning knowledge to enable further development

Develop own musical interest and needs

Transfer of instrumental skills and underpinning musical knowledge to enable advancement

Digital Piano Grade 2

Develop musical knowledge and instrumental skills to enable the playing of melodies and chordsDevelop skills to use the digital functions of a digital piano.

Acquire instrumental and underpinning knowledge to enable further development

Develop own musical interest and needs

Transfer of instrumental skills and underpinning musical knowledge to enable advancement

Digital Piano Grade 3 Develop musical knowledge and instrumental skills to enable the playing of melodies and chordsDevelop understanding of standard notation and tablature as found in the pieces performed.

Acquire instrumental and underpinning knowledge to enable further development

Develop own musical interest and needs

Transfer of instrumental skills and underpinning musical understanding to enable advancement

Digital Piano Grade 4

Develop skills to perform musicDevelop skills to use the digital functions of a digital piano.

Understand musical theory including construction of major & minor chords, suspensions, modulation, compound time, triplets and symbols

Transfer of instrumental skills and musical knowledge

Develop own musical interests

Digital Piano Grade 5

Develop skills to perform musicDevelop skills to use the digital functions of a digital piano.

Promote skills in improvisation, arranging, sight-reading and overall security in performing.

Understand musical theory including harmony, chords, musical form and intervals

Develop own musical interests

Transfer of instrumental skills and musical knowledge

Digital Piano Grade 6

Develop skills to perform music

Develop skills to use the digital functions of a digital piano.

Promote skills in improvisation, arranging, sight-reading and overall security in performing.

Understand musical theory of chord progression and cadences, construction of dominant and major 7 chords, intervals one harmonic of the harmonic minor scale, triads formed on each degree of the harmonic minor scale, sequences, construction of the major and minor pentatonic scale

Develop own musical interests

Transfer of instrumental skills and musical knowledge

Digital Piano Grade 7

Develop skills to perform music

Develop skills to use the digital functions of a digital piano.

Promote skills in improvisation, arranging, sight-reading and overall security in performing.

Develop own musical interests

Demonstrate understanding of musical theory by oral communication covering construction of the diminished seventh chord, enharmonic, compound intervals, the difference between root and bass notes, minor 7th chords and major 6th chords, and modulate & transpose, signs applied to chord symbols

Transfer of instrumental skills and musical knowledge

Digital Piano Grade 8

Develop skills to perform and make musicDevelop own musical interests

Develop skills to use the digital functions of a digital piano.

Promote skills in improvisation, arranging, sight-reading and overall security in performing.

Develop skills for instrumental performance from memory

Demonstrate understanding of musical theory by oral communication covering circle of fifths, dominant seventh chords, digital tuners, chord substitution, action adjustments, vibrato, tremolo, roll stroke, shuffle boogie, vellum and lapped heads

Transfer of instrumental skills and musical knowledge