Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Department of Music MUS 124 Class Piano II Approved by Department: November 4, 2003 Course Description A continuation of Class Piano I: this course develops reading and rhythmic skills at the upper elementary level by means of expanding level one concepts to a greater degree of proficiency. The course is intended for those who have successfully completed Class Piano I or those who have sufficient keyboard theory and facility to pass the final exam in Class Piano I. A placement consultation with a piano faculty member for all students who have not had Class Piano I is required. 1 semester hour, 2 clock hours LHE = 1.33 Course Objectives 1. To gain keyboard facility commensurate with upper elementary skills of musicianship. 2. To develop skills in sight-reading, transposition, harmonization and improvisation at the upper elementary level. 3. To promote musicianship by studying and playing simple compositions in various styles and utilizing expanding techniques at level 2. Course Outline Acquired skills should include: 1. 2. Major and minor scales one octave with fingerings. Major and minor pentachords studies for finger and hand action, including double thirds. 3. Full chord arpeggios in three positions. 4. The five diatonic seventh chords on all tones chromatically. 5. The diatonic seventh chords on scales degrees in all keys. 6. Cadences with voicings from first position I chord. 7. The V7 in all positions, all keys. 8. Transpositions, harmonizations, Sight-reading and performing skills equal to second level keyboard skills. 9. Repertoire of stylistic diversity, interpretive and technical relevance to level two proficiency. 10. Preparation of lessons in a prescribed text. Assessment Assessment of each student’s level of accomplishment with reference to the course objectives will be based upon the following: 1. Graded homework checks: Periodically, the instructor will listen to the students individually to assess their progress in the skills and concepts being learned in class, which may include keyboard theory, sight-reading, harmonization, and transposition skills. 2. 3. 4. Class participation: Student attendance and quality of class participation are essential in developing new skills, and will therefore be recorded. Through the listening console in the piano lab, the instructor is also able to listen to any number of students and will have the chance to evaluate their progress and participation. Prepared Performances: At least once during the semester, the student will perform music he or she has learned, in class. Final Exam: The student will demonstrate the degree to which they have developed the required skills by performing for the instructor. Skills are in the area of keyboard theory, sight-reading, harmonization, and transposition. Instructional Resources Burmeister, Ellen. Keyboard Sight-Reading. Mountain View, California: Mayfield Publishing Company, 1991. Giles, Allen. Beginning Piano an Adult Approach. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Theodore Presser Company, 1978. Hackett, Patricia. The Melody Book. Second Edition. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1992. Lancaster, E. L. and Kenon D. Renfrow. Alfred’s Group Piano for Adults: an Innovative Method with Optional Compact Discs and General MIDI Disks for Enhanced Practice and Performance. Van Nuys, California: Alfred Publishing Co., Inc. 1995. Lindeman, Carolynn A. Piano Lab: An Introduction to Class Piano. Belmont, California: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1995. Lyke, James, et. al. Keyboard Musicianship, Book Two. Seventh Edition. Champaign, Illinois: Stipes Publishing Company, Fifth Edition, 1999. Mach, Elyse. Contemporary Class Piano. Sixth Edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. Olson, Lynn Freeman. Piano for Pleasure. New York: West Publishing Company, 1986. Pederson, Gale. Key to the Keys. Guilford, CT: Audio-Forum, 1995. Robison, Helene. Basic Piano for Adults. Belmont, California: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1964. Spillman, Robert. Sight-Reading at the Keyboard. New York: Schirmer Books, 1990. Starr, William and Constance Starr. Practical Piano Skills. Dubuque, Iowa: Wm. C. Brown Publishers (3rd Edition), 1984.