{"id":8609,"date":"2020-05-23T19:47:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-23T19:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/?p=8609"},"modified":"2021-10-10T19:49:22","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T19:49:22","slug":"keyboard-skills-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/?p=8609","title":{"rendered":"Keyboard Skills Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Marilyna150.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/sslso.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Marilyna150.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1972\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Saturday 23rd May<\/strong> <strong>(2020)<\/strong>\u00a0saw our former Chair, Marilyn Harper, lead the <strong>Keyboard Skills workshop<\/strong>. This was the Society\u2019s first virtual event, hosted over zoom with four participants and seven observers. Keyboard skills, including transposition, figured bass, sight reading and improvisation are core elements of the three Royal College of Organists&#8217; diplomas. Marilyn recommended starting young if possible! Indeed two of the workshop participants were among our younger members, Ben (aged 11) and Joe (aged 15). Marilyn started the workshop looking at exercises from the books written jointly by<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.annemarsdenthomas.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Anne Marsden Thomas<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.frederickstocken.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Frederick Stocken<\/a>, Graded Keyboard Musicianship, which she thoroughly recommended. Published in two volumes by Oxford University Press, these provide 5 \u201clessons\u201d at each of 8 \u201clevels\u201d. Each lesson covers Figured bass, Score Reading, Harmonising a Melody, Transposing and Improvising. Ben and Joe performed admirably, realizing the given chord sequences for figured bass, adding them for harmonization, and transposing melodies up and down a tone. Sight reading followed, which was accomplished equally as well. Next, Alan and Robert looked at transposing a four part hymn tune up or down by one or two semitones, which is a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rco.org.uk\/examinations_qualifications.php\" target=\"_blank\">requirement<\/a> for both the Colleague Diploma (CRCO) and Associateship Diploma (ARCO). Marilyn recommended working through the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hanon-online.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hanon studies<\/a>\u00a0in different keys, to build up technique skills in transposition, and using a metronome for practice \u2013 always count in, and start at a slow tempo and work your way up. The workshop concluded with a discussion over zoom among all present, and we of course expressed our gratitude to Marilyn for a thoroughly enjoyable and insightful workshop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday 23rd May (2020)\u00a0saw our former Chair, Marilyn Harper, lead the Keyboard Skills workshop. This was the Society\u2019s first virtual event, hosted over zoom with four participants and seven observers. Keyboard skills, including transposition, figured bass, sight reading and improvisation are core elements of the three Royal College of Organists&#8217; diplomas. 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