2020-2021 Catalog 
    
    Apr 25, 2024  
2020-2021 Catalog [PREVIOUS CATALOG YEAR]

MUS 104 - Piano Class II


Description: Skill-building piano lab for students with limited piano experience. Emphasis on piano playing, music reading, and music theory.

Prerequisites:  MUS 103  

Credits: 1
Lab: 3

Course Content:
  1. Technical skill in playing the piano
  2. Playing beginning-level piano literature in five keys
  3. Beginning-level music theory
  4. Beginning-level key transposition
     

Learning Outcomes:
1. Play on the piano beginning-level literature in the keys of G and F major, and A and D minor.
2. Count and play on the piano intermediate-level rhythms in duple, triple, and quadruple meters in both simple and compound division of the beat.
3. Write on staff paper:
a. pitch names is bass and treble clef
b. major, minor, diminished and augmented chords in root position
c. interval names of 3rd and 5ths
d. key signatures.
4. Play on the piano scales and I, IV, and V7 chord progressions in the major keys of C, G, and F, and the minor keys of A and D.
5. Transpose beginning-level songs into the keys of C, G, and F major.