This course includes hands-on exploration of MIDI keyboard instruments, computers, and related software. Offered fall term alternate years. Two semester hours. Introduction to Instrumental Techniques. The structure, use, techniques of playing, and care of the principal instruments in school instrumental organizations.
Emphasis is on techniques necessary for basic understanding of the instruments.
For Music Education majors whose emphasis is choral. Offered fall term alternate years. Two semester hours. Instrumental Methods I. A study of brass and string instruments, with emphasis on playing fundamentals, materials, and pedagogical aspects. For Music Education majors whose emphasis is instrumental.