2020-2021 Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2020-2021 Catalog [PREVIOUS CATALOG YEAR]

MUS 103 - Piano Class I


Description: A skill-building piano lab with an emphasis on piano playing and music reading.

Credits: 1
Lab: 3

Course Content:
  1. Technical skill in playing the piano
  2. Reading beginning-level piano literature
  3. Beginning-level music theory

Learning Outcomes:
  1. Play on the piano beginning-level literature in the keys of C and G major.
  2. Count and play on the piano beginning-level rhythms in duple, triple and quadruple meters in both simple and compound division of the beat.
  3. Play on the piano all major, minor, diminished and augmented chords in root position.
  4. Play on the piano scales and I, IV and V7 chord progressions in C and G major.
  5. Assign names on a written test to pitches, chords, intervals and key signatures.