This course is designed for students who have little or no piano background. The small group setting includes work on keyboard technique, reading music, transposing, improvising, playing by ear and harmonizing melodies.
Groups are limited to eight students and meet for an hour each week.
This course may be repeated. This course teaches the skills required for the piano proficiency exam, which include basic keyboard technique, sight-reading simple melodies, basic accompanying, transposing and harmonizing melodies, scale and arpeggio technique. Students whose principal instrument is other than piano are required to enroll in this course. This course is similar to 102, but designed for the piano proficiency exam required of music majors whose principal instrument is piano. Course designed for beginners or students with limited experience.