MUSC 181 Beginning Class Piano (1 credit)
Distribution Area Fulfilled Humanities with Performance; General Transfer Elective
Formerly MUSIC 120
Course Description
Basic introduction to playing piano by establishing good reading habits, rhythmic competency and learning the basic fundamentals of music theory.
Course Content
A. Beginning piano repertoire
B. Basic piano skills
C. Music theory concepts: scales, chords, and simple musical forms
D. Musical interpretation
Student Outcomes
1. Read notes on the grand staff and identify them on the keyboard.
2. Play easy pieces in the C, G, and F positions.
3. Interpret elements of basic music theory including time signatures, notation, tempo markings, and chords.
4. Define musical terms, and identify melodic and harmonic intervals.
5. Build and play three major scales and their chord progressions (I-IV-V7).
6. Perform two solo recital pieces for fellow students.
7. Identify simple musical forms.
Degree Outcomes
Humanities: Graduates acquire critical skills to interpret, analyze, and evaluate forms of human expression, which can include creation and performance as an expression of human experience.
Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful and justifiable conclusions.
Lecture Contact Hours 0
Lab Contact Hours 20
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 20
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