BA Instrumental in Classical/Western - Degree Course in Guitar, Piano, Drums, Tabla

BA Instrumental In Classical/Western Instrument

BA Instrumental (Specialization In Classical/Western Instrument)

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BA Instrumental (Specialization In Classical/Western Instrument)

You will be equipped with different playing techniques of guitar and other musical instruments so that you can compose, arrange and record your own songs. This course also gives you an option to choose a subsidiary subject like piano, keyboard, drums, violin, sitar and tabla. Students also have the flexibility to choose Guitar, Piano, Drums or Keyboard as their main subject and any one subsidiary from rest of the instruments.

Key Takeaways

Familiarity with the guitar as an instrument
Learning to design sounds for musical productions and films using guitar
Gaining knowledge of scales and chords
Developing knowledge of rhythms and composition
Building a musical vocabulary of scales

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Course Projects

Project 1

Compose a 90 second audio using major scale

Project 2

Record a Guitar Piece of 60 seconds using Pentatonic Scales

Project 3

Record an Acoustic Cover

Project 4

Record a guitar cover in Pop Music Style

Project 5

Record a Rock&Pop Guitar Cover

Project 6

Record a cover with sight reading (Video Format).

Understanding the importance of rhythm, tempo and pitch in guitar.
Getting familiar with various chords and scales.
Learning to design and compose basic chord triads.
Getting equipped with the knowledge of major scales and chord triads supporting those scales.
To lay a strong foundation and build awareness on the fretboard with exercises and popular songs.
Understanding various exercises applied on the fretboard for better mobility of the hands on the instrument.
To develop an overall personality required as a performing artist.

Understanding the different techniques of playing the guitar.
Exploring the forms of composition writing skills in Western Music Theory.
Developing a comprehensive knowledge of the musical language.
Understanding pentatonic scales in major key.
Gaining a functional knowledge of music history.
Learning to use proper grammar in speaking and writing.

Learning the art of melody writing.
Learning about songwriting and composition.
Understanding the difference between different voicing and inversions.
Gaining knowledge about instrumental production by creating sound effects.
Understanding rhythmic composition on sheet music.
Knowing the difference between various key signatures and clefs.
Learning about the blues and R&B styles of music.
Acquiring knowledge about the delta blues playing style.
Understanding the concept of 8 bar blues in contrast to 12 bar blues style of playing.
Gaining insight on developing left-hand techniques.

Learning how to phrase and articulate different moods in a composition.
Acquiring knowledge about the different approaches towards writing and composing a song or a score.
Gaining knowledge about motifs for a score.
Knowing about melodic writing of motifs.
Understanding the difference between melody and harmony.
Learning about modes in major key.
Knowing the difference between natural minor scale and a harmonic minor scale.
Become proficient in writing composition with different modes.

Exploring the types of sound models available.
Getting familiar with the art of applying progressions and intervals in different keys.
Gaining knowledge about writing and composing in minor key.
Developing musical vocabulary in minor key.
Knowing the difference between melodic minor and natural minor scales.
Learning about developing scales, like the whole tone scale.
Knowing the difference between 8 Bar and 12 bar blues.

Gaining in-depth knowledge of modes and modal writing.
Learning about different instruments and their voices in contrast to guitar.
Learning about modal interchange.
Knowing and understanding different voicing for instruments like drums and bass.
Understanding different voicing for different scales and modes.
Comprehending the art of mirroring and scales interchanges.
Learning about formation, voicing and use of two whole tone scale.

Program Faculty

Dr Manoj Agarwal

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Dr Parth Sinha

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Ms. Tanya Sharma

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Mr. Mohit Arora

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Mr. Kunal Shourie

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Mr. Shubham Raj

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Mr. Vaibhav Chaudhary

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Mr. Shashank Gautam

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Mr. Umesh Bisht

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Mr. Abdullah Khan

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Mr. Mohit Kumar

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Mr. Himanshu Mehta

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Ms. Shraddha Gupta

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Placement

Amit Kataria

MEDIA HOUSE HEAD

Future Of Music

Amit Mishra

MIXING

Be Rock Entertainment

Devam Pandey

MUSIC PRODUCER

Official Winner And Projects With Redbull

Sparsh Rajput

DJ PLAYER

Kalamata Cookhouse & Bar

Lab & Equipments

Practical Labs

Sound and Audio Studios
16 channel mixers
Dubbing Studios
Music Production Studio
Shooting Floors
Post-production lab
Recording studio
Jamming studio

Instruments

Tabla
Drums
Piano
Keyboard
Guitar
Darbuka

Software

Logic
Pro Tools
Ableton Live
Fl Studio
Cubase

Student Workshops

Renowned singers, musicians and choreographers have conducted workshops with students of the AAFT School of Performing Arts to help acquaint them with how the industry functions and how they can make a successful career in their fields.

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BA Instrumental (Specialization In Classical/Western Instrument)

BA Instrumental (Specialization In Classical/Western Instrument)