BIBLE INSTITUTE OF LOS ANGELES
melodic and harmonic fo rms of the sca le in minor keys. Sight singing and advanced chorus perfect the student still further in rapid read ing of notes and unaccompani ed singing of part songs. 2. VOICE Attenti on is given to the individual needs of each student -\\'ith emphasis upon breath control , open throat, placement, the even scale, enunciation, articulation, diction, phrasing and interpretation. Standard exercises of Root, Vacci, Sieber, Con cone, Marchesi, Behnke and others are used, also a wide variety of songs, with emphasis always upon the study and interpretation of Gospel music. 3. PIANO The course in piano meets the demands of all classes of students from the beginner to th e student of advanced stand ing. Stress is laid upon the development of technique anct its app li cation to the playing of hymn s and Gospel songs in church and evangelistic meetings. Standard techni ca l exercises by Clementi, Kuhlau, Burgmuller, Heller, Rogers and Cramer, and the works of Haydn, l\fozart and Beethoven, Chopin , Schumann, Mendelssohn, Grieg, McDowell, Rachmaninoff, Debu ssy, Sinding and others, are adapted to the individual needs of- the student. 4. ORGAN Applicants for organ study must have a certain amount of piano preparation. Special training is given in manual touch, pedal technique, registration, church playing and solo and choir accompaniment. Standard works are used, such as Pedal Studies by Whiting, Schneider and Buck, the Rink Organ School and the Bach Little Preludes and Fugues, Composi ti ons by Flagler, Gounod, Merkel, Lernaigre, Batiste, etc. More advanced student s take up the study of organ son atas, concertos and other compositions by Mendelssohn, Guil mant, Rheinberger, \!Vidor and others. 5. HARMONY The course in Harmony and Composition gives the student a thorough and practical knowledge of chords and the ir rela tion, voice lead ing, practice in harmonization of given melod ies, and leads to original work and the writing of Gospel songs and other compos itions. Th is work covers four terms.
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