Class Piano I Skills and Topics
Students in Class Piano I (MUS 1131) will learn the following:
Repertoire
- 4–6 pieces, not memorized, early to mid-elementary level
Technique
- Posture
- Hand position
- Direct and legato pedal
Musical Vocabulary
- Scales
- Five-finger patterns in all major keys
- Tetrachord scales in all major keys
- Two-octave scales, hands separately in CDEFGAB major
- Arpeggios
- One-octave arpeggios, hands separately in CDEFGAB major
- Chords
- Triads and inversions, blocked and broken, hands separately in CDEFGAB major
- Chromatic chord crawl: major triads in root position, hands together
- Diatonic chord crawls: ABCDEFG major, hands together
Harmonization
- Prepared examples in major keys using primary chords (I, IV, and V) in closest position
Transposition
- Prepared melodies in major keys
Reading
- At-sight melodies and simple two-hand textures