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- Flute major (jazz/pop)
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Requirements for the Percussion major
The artistic-musical proficiency test includes the following contents:
1. Solo performance of a prepared rudimentary piece on snare drum or timbales. Literature example: Charley Wilcoxon – All-American Drummer.
2. Demonstration of basic playing techniques on the conga: open stroke, closed/open slap, bass tone, muff, floating hand. Basic grooves on bongos (“martillo”) and conga (“tumbao”). Knowledge of basic rumba and son cubano claves.
3. Sightreading: Clapping a notated, syncopated rhythm.
This instrument can only be chosen in the Music and Media or Audio and Video bachelor’s programs.
Contact:
Jan Schneider
Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf Fischerstraße 110, 40476 Düsseldorf
Fon: +49.211.49 18 -0 Fax: +49.211.49 11 6 18 www.rsh-duesseldorf.de
Fon: +49.211.49 18 -0 Fax: +49.211.49 11 6 18 www.rsh-duesseldorf.de