MUSIC 114 - Keyboard Skills for Music Majors 1

Number of Credits: 1
Develop the keyboard skills necessary for a career in music. Explore sight reading, transposition, improvisation, harmonization, scale fingerings, arpeggio fingerings, and choral and instrumental score reading. It is recommended that students planning to transfer to a music program at a four-year college/university concurrently enroll in MUSIC-109 and MUSIC-112. Prerequisite: MUSIC-109. Three hours laboratory each week. One credit. One billable hour. Offered Fall and Spring terms.

(Fall, Spring)Three hours laboratory each week. One Credit. One billable hour.

Co-requisite(s): concurrent enrollment in MUSIC 112
Pre-/Co-requisite(s): MUSIC 109
Course Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Develop familiarity with the piano keyboard.
Develop a reading knowledge of basic pitch and rhythmic notation.
Learn to play the following chord progressions in all keys.
Harmonize and improvise simple melodies of a 5-finger pattern.
Develop good hand position and finger dexterity.
Perform all major scales and minor scales to include Am, Em, Dm, and Bm.
Sight-read simple melodies and songs.
Play major, minor, augmented, and diminished triads in root position with recognition of inversions.