MUSI 236 - Keyboard Skills IV

Credit(s): 1

Prerequisite(s): MUSI 235 or equivalent.
This course is a continuation of MUSI 235, further advancing functional piano skills. For students transferring to the University of Montana, this course must be taken with the piano assessment (MUSI 296y). (Spring Semester)

Course Learning Outcomes

Play any major or harmonic minor scale, hands together, four octaves, with correct fingerings, at M.M. = 120+, followed by I - vi - IV - ii - V - I or i - VI - iv - V - i cadence in half or quarter notes, followed by two octaves of inversions of the tonic triad, followed by four octaves of arpeggios of the tonic triad.
Play diatonic triads for any major or minor key, in all inversions, two octaves, hands together, M.M. = 60.
Sight-read easy vocal and instrumental accompaniments.
Sight-read a homophonic or polyphonic open-score choral, string, or band excerpt.
Play a homophonic or polyphonic open-score choral, string, or band excerpt.
Harmonize a melody at sight using primary and secondary chords with varied accompaniment styles.
Improvise a basic two-hand vamp using a given chord sequence or chord names or symbols.
Play basic accompaniments with vocal and instrumental soloists.
Play piano pieces at the Intermediate to Late Intermediate levels.