Due to the numerous options presented in this course, books and scores should be ordered only after consultation with your local organ instructor. (The average cost for these materials is between $100 and $200).
Prerequisites
Instructor approval.
Course Outline
History & Development of the Organ
Types of Organ Registration and Musical Texture
Chorus Registration
Hymn Registration
Solo and Accompaniment Registration
Trio Registration
The Process of Registrational Decision Making and Registration Mechanics
Music Theory: Definitions; Structure of Tonality
Historical Styles in Organ Building and Registration: Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands
Music Theory: Triads in Root Position-Doubling and Spacing
Music Theory: Triads in Root Position-Voice Leading
Historical Styles in Organ Building and Registration: J. S. Bach
Music Theory: Triads in First and Second Inversion