MUS 162 - Classical Piano I for Music Majors 1 cr.

Music majors are introduced to the fundamentals of piano performance in this course. Topics to be addressed include five‐finger patterns, transposition, harmonization of simple melodies, sight‐reading on the piano, arpeggio studies, and the development of simple repertoire. This is the first course of a two‐course sequence culminating in a piano proficiency examination. Corequisite: MUS 100 or MUS 101.