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Course Syllabus

MUSC 1750 Woodwind Methods and Pedagogy I

  • Division: Fine Arts, Comm, and New Media
  • Department: Music
  • Credit/Time Requirement: Credit: 1; Lecture: 2; Lab: 0
  • Semesters Offered: TBA
  • Semester Approved: Spring 2024
  • Five-Year Review Semester: Fall 2028
  • End Semester: Fall 2029
  • Optimum Class Size: 10
  • Maximum Class Size: 15

Course Description

This course teaches the fundamentals of playing and teaching flute and double reed instruments in the woodwind family. This is a required course for music education majors.

Justification

This course is an important requirement in an instrumental music education degree. All other institutions in the state offer this course beginning in the freshman year, generally at the 1000 or 2000 level. A student may take this course at any time during their Bachelor's degree. This course is taken in preparation for K-12 Certification in music education.

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Students will learn to play simple exercises and solos on the instruments.
  2. Students will demonstrate the ability to teach the fundamental concepts of playing flute, oboe or bassoon.
  3. Students will show competency in diagnosing and fixing common problems in playing the flute, oboe, or bassoon.
  4. Students will demonstrate a basic knowledge of the history of the flute, oboe, and bassoon.

Course Content

Students will learn to play flute, oboe, and bassoon. Students will learn how to teach concepts of playing such as embouchure, hand position, technique, fingerings, intonation, tone production, breathing and blowing, tonguing, vibrato, etc. Students will learn pedagogical techniques for each instrument and have opportunities to teach.