Jazz trombone course – Propaedeutic

Established pursuant to Ministerial Decree 382/2018, these are statutory courses aimed at the acquisition of the skills necessary for students to gain access, after passing the entrance examination, to the Level I Academic Diploma Courses (Three-year course). The duration of the Propaedeutic Courses will not exceed three years.

At the end of the propaedeutic course, at the student’s request, a certificate will be issued attesting to the study programme carried out, the achievement of the training objectives, the tests passed and the duration of the course itself.

Propaedeutic system

The transition from one year to the next occurs automatically.

Propaedeutic Admission

  1. Perform two etudes with their respective scale and arpeggio, chosen by the Commission from four presented by the candidate among numbers 100-101-105-107-111-117-119-123-125-127-129-136 of Billè’s Course I;
  2. Performance of an easy composition for double bass, with piano accompaniment.
  3. Sight-reading of a short section of an easy piece presented by the commission.

 

The acquisition of skills and the achievement of objectives should refer to the admission program of Level I, to be deepened in a maximum of two/three years of the Propaedeutic course.

 

Assessment of the candidate’s instrumental skills and musical maturity:

  • Practical test with the performance of 2 pieces from the jazz tradition, a ballad with a harmonized theme, and a medium jazz piece with theme, solo, accompaniment, and exchanges.
  • Free improvisation lasting a maximum of 3 minutes.
  • Sight-reading of a simple melody.
  • Assessment of technical skills (scales, arpeggios, triads on the major scale).
  • Sight-reading of rhythms.
  • Test of sight-reading short sections of simple pieces chosen by the commission.

Additional assessments:

  • Ear training (difficulty based on the acquired instrumental level. At a minimum level, the candidates must prove that they know how to listen and describe or classify some of the basic musical structures such as tonal scales, triads, intervals, the main cadential progressions, and elementary harmonic progressions, limited to the three harmonic functions of tonic, subdominant, and dominant).
  • Vocal reading: spontaneous sight-singing of a solfeggio. (Difficulty based on the acquired instrumental level. At a minimum level, the candidate must demonstrate the ability to intone by imitation and sight-singing short melodies in major or minor diatonic modes, based on the three harmonic functions of tonic, subdominant, and dominant).
  • Rhythmic reading: spontaneous reading of a short rhythmic sequence, spontaneous reading of a solfeggio in G clef. (The candidate must prove the ability to rhythmically perform, by spontaneous sight-reading and percussion, rhythmic expressions taken from scores of a level similar to that expected in instrumental test repertoires).
  • Music theory: some questions on basic music theory topics (The candidate must demonstrate mastery of notation codes and basic music theory elements, related to the scores mentioned in point 3).
  • General and motivational interview.

 

List of suggested pieces:

  • Now’s the time (C.Parker)
  • Autumn leaves (W.Kosma)
  • Yesterdays (J. Kern)
  • What is this thing called love (C. Porter)
  • So What (M. Davis)
  • Take the “A” train (B. Strayhorn)
  • Oleo (S. Rollins)
  • Corcovado (A. C. Jobim)
  • The days of wine and roses (H. Mancini)
  • Well you needn’t (T. Monk)

For information on admissions, please visit the “Registration” page

The detailed timetable for the admission examinations will be published in a separate notice.

Enrolment

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Enrolment in years following the first

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Lessons

The Academic Year begins on 1 November of each year and ends on 31 October of the following year. The academic calendar is issued by the Director, by resolution of the Academic Council, normally by 31 May.

Each training activity may entail different methods of conduct and interaction between students and lecturers. In particular, there may be individual face-to-face lessons, collective face-to-face lessons, practice lectures, laboratories, practical, distance and intensive activities, training courses, seminars, projects, artistic productions, reports and production of texts and hypertexts, including multimedia, guided or autonomous individual study activities, tutoring, self-assessment and other activities.

Examinations

All propaedeutic course examinations take place in the summer and autumn session.

Students wishing to take the Level I admission examinations must take the examinations in the summer session only.

The examinations envisaged for the propaedeutic course that are essential for admission to Level I are:

  • the final examination of the school of reference only following an application for admission (ATTENTION! The application cannot be made from the current ISIDATA profile of Propaedeutics);
  • the certification exam of Rhythmic Theory and Musical Perception;
  • the Elements of Harmony certification exam

All further disciplines require aptitude (they are not essential for access to Level I but only for the acquisition of the final Propaedeutic Certificate).

The Propaedeutic Certificate is acquired only after taking all the examinations and aptitudes envisaged in one’s course of study.

Students who register for the admission test for Level I courses are exempt from booking examinations. The marks obtained from the proficiency tests taken in the admission exam will be evaluated both for admission to the 1st Level and simultaneously reported as a final evaluation in the Propaedeutic course, provided that the attendance obligations are met.

The examination is considered passed if the candidate achieves a mark of at least 60 hundredths.

Students who wish to acquire the Propaedeutic certificate and do not intend to continue their studies with admission to Level I must book the examinations provided for in these regulations by the dates indicated by the teaching secretariat. Students who receive a negative result in the summer session may reapply in the autumn session for a re-examination.

The exams envisaged for the propaedeutic course that are fundamental for access to Level I are

– the final exam of the school of reference

– the certification exam of Rhythmic Theory and Musical Perception;

– the Elements of Harmony certification exam.

All further disciplines require eligibility.

The Propaedeutic Certificate is acquired only after taking all the examinations and aptitudes envisaged in one’s course of study.