1.00 Credits
This is a course for music majors with little or no piano experience designed to develop rudimentary keyboard skills through group instruction. Emphasis is placed on the preparation for a piano proficiency exam required of most four-year music degree programs. First of a four-semester sequence, MUSC 1300 - Class Piano I covers keyboard basics including music reading, finger control, and hand independence, beginning improvisation, transposition, harmonization, sight-reading, and technical studies. (2 lecture/lab hrs/credit hr)