MUS 218 - Keyboard Musicianship III

Units: 1
Group instruction in piano for music majors. Emphasis on reading from staff notation, technique, keyboard harmony, improvisation, and repertoire.

Prerequisites: MUS 112, MUS 116, MUS 119.
Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Course Typically Offered: Variable Intermittently

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Perform select major and minor scales with standard fingering
Perform chord progressions in multiple keys
Perform multiple chord types and their inversions
Harmonize simple melodies using diatonic chords
Transpose simple melodies with accompaniment
Develop sight-reading abilities in grand staff (treble + bass clefs)
Prepare repertoire for public performance
Improvise appropriately leveled patterns
Read transposing instruments and in C-clefs
Perform choral open scores
Perform instrumental and vocal accompaniments with peers