Course Description

Piano study for the beginning or near-beginning student. Cultivation of technical-musical awareness and keyboard playing ability, individually and in ensemble. Group 2 Course.

Credit Hours

2

Contact Hours

2

Lecture Hours

1

Lab Hours

1

Recommended Prerequisites or Skills Competencies

An understanding of music fundamentals.

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge:

• Identify basic elements of music notation such as clefs, pitches, and elements of rhythm.
• Identify intervals and triads.
• Identify simple syncopated rhythms.
• Identify simple harmonic progressions.

Application:

• Play 5 finger patterns and triads in all major and minor keys.
• Play major scales 1-2 octaves, HS, and some HT.
• Play chord progressions using I, IV, and V.
• Play triads of the key.
• Play inversions of triads.

Integration:

• Harmonize and transpose melodies.
• Play solo and ensemble repertoire.

Human Dimension:

• See themselves as artists.
• Collaborate with others in a creative environment.
• Recognize the personal and societal importance of self-expression and creativity.

Caring - Civic Learning:

• Express interest in music from other cultures and genres.
• Value differences in cultural expressions of creativity.
• Recognize the role music plays as an expression of social concerns.

Learning How to Learn:

• Read study effectively.
• Frame useful questions.
• Develop educational goals.
• Direct/regulate their own learning.
• Learn through collaboration.