ILGT -363 Advanced Reading

Instructor :

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Course chair: Larry Baione

Course Description: Performance lab for guitar principals focusing on development of advanced reading skills. Each
session will be thorough and challenging. Individual as well as group arrangements will be
played.

Course Objective: The general goal of Instrumental Lab courses is to develop and improve your skills in specific
performance areas. Upon satisfactory completion of this course, you will have completed
specific exercises, analyses of music examples, and directed technical studies in advanced sight
reading in order to increase your capability and confidence in this area.

Required Textbooks: William G. Leavitt, Reading Studies.

William G. Leavitt, Advanced Reading Studies.
Joe Viola, Technique of Saxophone, Volume II.
Lennie Niehaus, Jazz Conception for Saxophone (Intermediate).

Coursework and Weekly assignments will be made and checked. In order to maintain a performance level
Out-of-class consistent with the level of materials presented in class, you should expect to spend three to
Preparation: four hours per week in out-of-class practice and preparation, distributed on a daily basis as part
of your practice time.

Midterm exam: Week of . . . TBA

Final exam: Week of . . . TBA
General Grading Criteria:
A (90-100) Superior, Exceptional; control of course material enables excellent production.
B (80-89) Good; grasp of material enables above-average production.
C (70-79) Average; assimilation of material enables acceptable production.
D ( 60-69) Below Average; exposure to material enables poor, but passable production.
F (below 60) Not Passing; assimilation of material insufficient to demonstrate acceptable
productive capacity.
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Advanced Reading

Final Grade Determination: Your final grade will be determined by considering the following
 B (80-89) Good; grasp of material enables above-average production.
C (70-79) Average; assimilation of material enables acceptable production.
D ( 60-69) Below Average; exposure to material enables poor, but passable production.
F (below 60) Not Passing; assimilation of material insufficient to demonstrate acceptable
productive capacity.
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Advanced Reading

Final Grade Determination: Your final grade will be determined by considering the following
components at the indicated weights:
30% Attendance
20% Attitude
30% Performance of weekly assignments
10% Midterm exam
10% Final exam

Attendance Policy: A course grade of “F” may result after your second absence.
It is the student’s responsibility to initiate withdrawal proceedings prior to the “W”
deadline. In case of doubt, ask the instructor or the Counseling Center.

Deadline for Course Withdrawal:

See registration materials. The student may not initiate a “W” after the deadline.

Statement of Intent

The intent of this course is to develop, as rapidly as possible, the ability of students to raise their sightreading
rating. Four books are used simultaneously and sequentially each week according to the “key of the week”:

William G. Leavitt, Reading Studies

William G. Leavitt, Advanced Reading Studies

These two books are position-oriented and used in this course to familiarize the student with reading in the five
easiest positions for the key of the week. The assignment consists of any studies in the key of the week from
chapters written in those five positions.

Joe Viola, Technique of the Saxophone

This book is a recognized book for development of saxophone technique and uses a melodic approach based on
chords. It is used in this course to challenge the student with interesting intervallic melodies containing many
leaps and arpeggios, thus developing note recognition at a fairly rapid rate. Chord studies with diatonic
relationship to the key of the week are assigned.

Lennie Niehaus, Jazz Conception for Saxophone (Intermediate)

A very melodic and musical presentation of jazz-style melodies with progressive difficulty. Studies in the key of
the week are assigned.

Each week (or two), the key of the week changes; the procedure is the same for each key presented.