Class Piano I

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Course
MUSC 1116
Discontinued
No
Course Code
MUSC 1116
Descriptive
Class Piano I
Department
Music
Faculty
Language, Literature & Performing Arts
Credits
2.00
Start Date
End Term
Not Specified
PLAR
Yes
Semester Length
15 weeks
Max Class Size
16
Contact Hours
Classroom related: 1.5 hours per week Simulation environment: 1.5 hours per week
Method(s) Of Instruction
Tutorial
Learning Activities

Instruction will be by lecture, demonstration and supervised practice.

Course Description
An introductory keyboard course for students with little or no previous keyboard experience. The course includes development of basic finger technique thorough keyboard orientation, elementary harmony exercises, sight reading and repertoire.
Course Content
  1. Scales: major and minor, one octave, hands separately.
  2. Triads on all scale degrees in major and minor keys: one octave, hands separately.
  3. Triads and inversions: one octave, solid and broken, hands separately.
  4. Five types of seventh chords (MM, Mm, mm, half diminished, fully diminished); formation in root position.
  5. Chord progressions in keyboard or four-part style as follows:
    • I-IV-V-I,
    • I-IV-V-VI,
    • I-IV-V7-VI I-II-V-I,
    • I-II-V-VI,
    • I-II-V7-I,
    • I-II-V7-VI
  6. Sight reading: treble and bass melodies, hands separately; simple melodies, hands together; chords at random, hands separately.
  7. Transposition: simple melodies – in keys up to three sharps and flats, hands separately.
  8. Harmonization: simple diatonic melodies using block chords. I-IV and V.
  9. Improvisation: using a prescribed harmonic structure.
  10. Repertoire: appropriate to the student's skills.
Learning Outcomes

The successful student will be able to demonstrate the fundamentals of keyboard sight reading, accompaniment, transposition, improvisation, keyboard harmony, technique and piano repertoire.

Means of Assessment

The grade will be calculated on the basis of progress made in the various aspects of the course:

40% of total mark will be allotted by instructor based on weekly progress
20% of total mark will be allotted by instructor based on regular quizzes
15% of total mark will be based on an in-class mid-term test
25% of total mark will be based on an in-class final exam

Attendance

As this is a skill-oriented course, regular attendance is required in order to develop fluent keyboard skills. Therefore, 100% attendance is desired. The failure to attend regularly will result in reduction of a final grade as shown below:

  • 4 unexcused absences: minus 10%
  • 8 unexcused absences: minus 15%

  • students who miss 30% or more of scheduled class time will receive a final grade of UN (unofficial withdrawal)

Textbook Materials

A list of recommended textbooks and materials is provided on the Instructor’s Course Outline, which is available to students at the beginning of each semester.

Example: Frackenphol, Arthur. Harmonization at the Piano, 6th Edition Wm. C. Brown Publishers, 1991

 

Prerequisites

Acceptance to Music Diploma Program or permission of instructor.

Corequisites

MUSC 1110

Equivalencies

MUSC 1161

Which Prerequisite

MUSC 1216