Pasadena City College
Performing & Communication Arts Division
Winter Intersession 2012
Music 4A - Keyboard Skills
Credit: 2 Units
Instructor: Joseph Klice
Office: See Music Lab V – 203
Phone: 626 585 7589
Office Hours: TBA
E-mail: jaklice@pasadena.edu
Text: Alfred’s Group Piano for Adults, Book 1, Lancaster & Renfrow
Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment in, or completion of, Music 1. Recommended:
Music 147 (Music Lab) for those who practice only on campus.
Purpose: Realization at the keyboard of theoretical materials from Music 1.
Fundamentals of arm, hand, and finger control oriented to the keyboard, using a first year
piano instruction text. Music reading in treble and bass clefs. This class is intended for
the Music Major or minor.
Class Work: Lecture and demonstration of keyboard concepts and new material.
Consistent in-class practice of new and review material with the instructor. Attention to
individual keyboard problems of both physical technique and musical performance.
Grading Is Based Upon:
 attendance. College policy requires that a student be dropped from the roll when
absences total more than the number of hours the class meets in a two-week
period. Individual problems of extended absence due to illness or other cause
may be resolved by consultation with the instructor.
 successful preparation of weekly assignments
 weekly keyboard playing quizzes
 final exam
 minimum 18 accumulated hours of practice in the PCC Music Lab
Requirements Of Students:
 Consistent daily practice!!! Each student has a different learning style; some
students will need more daily practice than others. However, daily practice is the
important goal. Daily practice yields better and more permanent results.
 Please note: fingernails must be kept at a reasonable length for keyboard playing.
 It is expected that assignments will be completed by the due date. Late
performance will be downgraded unless prior arrangements have been made with
the instructor.
 Lab Hours: Minimum of three hours per week is required in the Music Lab (K-5).
Students are expected to spend these hours practicing music assigned by the
instructor. Music Lab provides assistance to help you with any questions. Just ask
the lab instructor on duty.
Course Outline
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Keyboard Basics. Reading from the grand staff with single line melodies
and melodies accompanied by 5ths. Major five-finger patterns and tonic
chords in C, G, F. Text: selected material through p. 52
Five-finger patterns and tonic chords in all keys studied. Syncopation.
Relative minor keys. Sight reading and transposition. Text: Selected
material p.45 - 82
Staccato and legato. Continued study of five-finger patterns and tonic
chords in major and minor keys. Major and parallel minor chords.
Augmented and diminished chords. Tetrachords. The Major scale. Sight
reading and transposition. Text: Selected material through p.154.
Five-finger patterns and tonic chords in Major and minor keys. Major
scales. Triads and inversions. Five tone exercise. Introduction of dominant
chord V6/5 and subdominant chord IV6/4.. Five-finger patterns using I
and V6/5 in major key. Text: selected material to p. 155.
Continue five-finger patterns with I and V6/5 in all major keys.
Introduction of subdominant chord IV6/4. Chord progression I - IV6/4 - I
- V6/5 - I in major keys. Major scales beginning on white keys. Text:
selected material to p. 165
For the Final Exam: completion of chord patterns in all 12 major keys.
Major scales in C, G, D, A, E, and B hands together (H.T.) Text: selected
materials to p. 165.
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to...
 Play the five-finger pattern in both hands with I chord and V6/5 chord in all 12
major keys.
 Play the chord progressions I - IV6/4 - I - V6/5 - I in all major keys.
 Play major scales in C, G, D, A, E, and B, one octave, hands together.
 Recognize musical symbols (staccato, legato, slurs, etc.) and perform them
correctly.
 Play five-finger exercises demonstrating facility.
 Perform selected pieces with a variety of accompaniment patterns and different
technical problems such as melody in the left hand, legato in one hand and
staccato in the other hand, shifting of hand positions on the keyboard,
independence of hands as required in imitation.
 Perform short pieces in major and minor keys in various meters.
 Transpose simple melodies with primary triad accompaniment in all keys.
Student Learning Outcomes
1. Develop critical awareness of musical practice techniques through keyboard
performance.
2. Play Major 5 finger patterns on the keyboard accompanied by I & V6/5 chords.
3. Play Major scales and chords on the keyboard with correct spelling and fingering.
4. Transpose on the keyboard melodies accompanied by I, IV6/4 and V6/5 chords.
Disabilities
If you are a student with a disability and you believe you may need an
accommodation to successfully complete the course, be sure to contact Disabled
Student Programs and Services in D-209. You should also discuss your needs
with me during my office hours, or at another time by making an appointment.
Weekly Assignments for Music 4A
Winter Intersession 2010
HS = hands separately
HT = hands together
1 oct. = one octave
Week 1
CORRECT POSTURE & HAND POSITION; BASIC
NOTATION, INTERVALS, WHOLE & HALF STEPS,
CHROMATIC SCALE
Mon., Jan. 9
 pp. 1 - 26
Tues.,Jan. 10
EIGHTH NOTES, DOTTED QUARTER NOTES, 6/8,
DYNAMICS, KEY SIGNATURES, HARMONIZATION,
MAJOR 5-FINGER PATTERNS
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more letter recognition on keyboard and staff
Play p. 26
p. 31
Play p. 33 Miniature Waltz
p. 35 Rhythm Reading
Sight-read p. 36 & 37
p. 38 - technique
p. 38 -harmonize and play p. 38 No. 2 in F, G, & C Major
positions.
 pp. 42 & 43 Playing Major 5-finger patterns & chords that start on
a white key
TEST: p. 26, No. 1, 2, 3
WRITTEN WORK: Have p. 38, No. 2 harmonization written out on staff
paper in the keys of G, F, & C Major
Weds,, Jan. 11
Thurs., Jan 12
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TRIADS, REPEAT SIGNS, 38, TRANSPOSITION,
HARMONIZING W/ TONIC & DOMINANT NOTES
p. 43 Playing Major 5-finger patterns & chords that start on a white key
p. 44 & 45 Playing Major 5-finger patterns that start on a black key
p. 47 Bright Lights Boogie
p. 48 - Rhythm Reading
p. 49 - Technique
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p. 50 & 51 - Sight Reading
p. 52 - harmonize and play No. 1 - be able to play in D, C, and E Major
positions
TEST: p. 33 Play Miniature Waltz
TEST: Play p. 38, No. 2 in F, G & C Major positions
WRITTEN WORK: Have p. 52 No. 1 written out on staff paper in G, D & C
Major positions
Week 2
No Class Mon., Jan 16 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Tues., Jan. 17
SIXTEENTH NOTES
 review p.45 Playing Major 5-finger positions & chords
 review p. 47 Boogie
 p. 59 Major 5-finger pattern groups
 p. 60 Playing Major Chords, Playing Major 5-finger patterns & broken
chords
 p. 61 Rhythm Reading
 P. 61 Technique
 p. 62, No. 2 March
 p. 62, No. 1 Sight Reading
 p. 64 Little Scherzo
 p. 65 harmonize and play No. 1 - Play in F, G, & C Major
TEST: Play Major 5-finger patterns and chords that start on a white key and
that start on a black key by memory
TEST: p. 47 Boogie
TEST: play harmonization p. 52 No. 1 in D, C Major positions
WRITTEN WORK: Have p. 65 No. 1 written out on staff paper in G & C
Wed., Jan. 18
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MINOR 5-FGR. PATTERNS & CHORDS, SYNCOPATION,
TIED NOTES, RELATIVE MINOR KEYS
review p. 60 Playing Major Chords, and Playing Major 5finger patterns & broken chords
 review p. 61 Rhythm Reading,
 p. 61 Technique
 p. 62 & 63 Sight Reading
 review p. 64 Little Scherzo
 play p. 65 No. 1 - be able to play in F, G, & C Major positions
TEST: Play p. 62 March
TEST: Play harmonization p.65 No. 1 in F, G & C positions
TEST: Play p. 60, playing Major Chords, by memory
Thurs., Jan. 19
MINOR 5-FGR. PATTERNS & CHORDS, SYNCOPATION,
TIED NOTES, RELATIVE MINOR KEYS
 warm up on p. 60 Playing Major 5-finger Patterns & broken chords
 review p. 61, 63 & 64
 p. 73 Playing Major & Minor 5-finger patterns that start on a white key
 p. 74 Playing Major & Minor 5-finger patterns that start on a black key
 p. 76 & 77, Nos. 1, 2 & 3 Sight Reading
 p. 78 No. 5 Reading & Transposition
 p. 81 Technique
 p. 82 No. 3 harmonize and play in a, g, & c minor
TEST: p. 63, No. 4 in D & C Major
WRITTEN WORK: Write out harmonization p. 82 No. 3 in g and c minor
positions
Week 3
MAJOR & PARALLEL MINOR CHORDS, REVIEW
Mon., Jan. 23 & Tues., Jan. 24
 warm up on p. 60 Playing Major 5-finger Patterns & broken chords
 review p. 64 Little Scherzo
 review p. 75 Playing Major & Minor white key 5-finger patterns
 review p. 76 Playing Major & Minor black key 5-finger patterns
 review p. 78 No. 5
 review p. 81 Technique
 play p. 82 No. 3 Harmonization - Play in a, g, & c minor
 p. 85 Playing Major & Parallel Minor Chords
TEST: p. 64 Little Scherzo
TEST: p. 82 No. 3 Be able to play in the keys of a, g, & c minor
WRITTEN WORK: Write out Reading p. 78 No. 5 in d minor
Wed., Jan. 25
TRIPLETS, 2/2, D. C. al Fine
 p. 75 & 76 Playing Major & Minor 5-finger patterns
 p. 78 No. 5 in e & d minor
 p. 85 Playing Major & Parallel Minor Chords
 p. 86 Rhythm Reading
 p. 87 No. 1 play harmonization in e & f minor
 p. 88 Toccatina
 p. 90 & 91 Sight Reading
TEST: p. 75 & 76 Play Minor 5-finger patterns (by memory)
TEST: Play Reading p. 78 No. 5 in e and d minor
WRITTEN WORK: write out p. 87 No. 1 harmonization in d minor
Thurs., Jan 26
INCOMPLETE MEASURES, AUGMENTED &
DIMINISHED CHORDS, DOTTED EIGHTH NOTE,
TETRACHORDS, MAJOR SCALE
 warm up on p. 75 & 76 Playing Major & Minor 5-finger positions
 p. 85 Playing Major & Parallel Minor Chords
 p. 87 No. 1 Harmonization in e & f minor
 p. 88 Toccatina
 p. 91 No. 5 Reading in c & b minor
 p. 97 Playing Major & Augmented Chords
 p. 98 Playing Minor & Diminished Chords
 p. 99 Rhythm Reading
 p. 106 through p. 111 Tetrachords & the Major Scale
 p. 121 No. 1 & 2 Technique
 Handout on I-V6/5-I Chord Progression (or p. 150)
 p. 154 Du, du liegst mir im Herzen
TEST: Toccatina p. 88 & 89
TEST: Play harmonization p. 87 No. 1 in e & f minor
Week 4
Mon., Jan. 30
TRIADS OF THE KEY, I-V65-I CHORD PROGRESSION,
MAJOR SCALES, HARMONIZING W/ TONIC
& DOMINANT CHORDS
 warm up on p. 98 Playing Major, Augment, Minor & Diminished Chords
 p. 104 No. 2 Technique
 p. 108 through 111
 Handout on Major Scales, one octave HS
 p. 160 Minuet in F
 Handout on I-V6/5-I Chord Progressions (or p. 150)
 p. 152 Nos. 1 & 2 Sight Reading
 p. 154 Du, du liegst mir im Herzen
 p. 155 Boola boola
TEST: Play Du, du liegst mir im Herzen in D Major p. 154
TEST: Play handout on I - V6/5 - I Chord Progression - FRONT OF PAGE by
memory
WRITTEN WORK: Write out Boola boola in C Major, p. 155
Tues., Jan. 31
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TRIADS & INVERSIONS, 5-TONE EXERCISE
warm up on p. 104 No. 2 Technique
Handout on I-V6/5-I Chord Progressions (or p. 150)
Handout on Major scales, one octave HT
 p. 160 Minuet in F
 p. 138 & 139 Playing Triads & Inversions
 Handout on Five Tone Exercise in the keys of C, F & G
 Play Boola boola p. 155
TEST: Play handout on I - V6/5 - I Chord Progression - BACK OF PAGE
by memory
TEST: Play Boola boola p. 155 in B Flat & C Major
Weds., Feb. 1
I-IV64-I CHORD PROGRESSION; HARMONIZING W/
TONIC, DOMINANT, & SUBDOMINANT CHORDS
Thurs., Feb. 2
 Warm up: Handout on Major scales HT
 p. 153 Nos. 3 & 4 Sight Reading
 p. 160 Minuet in F
 p. 138 & 139 Playing Triads & Inversions
 Handout on Five Tone Exercise in the Major keys of C, D, E, F, G, A & B
 Handout on I-IV6/4-I Chord Progressions (or p. 159)
 p. 165 Michael, Row the Boat Ashore in F, E, D & C Major
TEST: Major Scales of C, D, E, G, A & B, HT, 1 oct. by memory
WRITTEN WORK: p. 165 Michael, Row the Boat Ashore written out on
staff paper in the Major keys of G, A & B
Week 5
Mon., Feb. 6
Tues., Feb. 7
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PREPARATION FOR FINAL
Warm up: Handout on Major Scales of C, D, E, G, A, B one octave HT
p. 129 German Dance
p. 138 No. 1 & 2 Playing Triads & Inversions with the LH
p. 139 No. 1 & 2 Playing Triads & Inversions with the RH
Handout: I-IV6/4-I Chord Progressiop. 165
Michael Row... in keys of F, E, C, D, G, A, B
Five Tone Exercise in the Major keys of C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C#, E b, F#,
Ab, Bb
 Handout on I-IV6/4-I-V6/5-I Chord Progressions (or p. 159)
TEST: Handout on I-IV6/4-I Chord Progressions - FRONT OF PAGE by memory
TEST: 5-TONE EXERCISE IN C, D, E, F, G, A & B
WRITTEN WORK: p. 165 Michael Row the Boat Ashore written out on staff
paper in the Major keys of G, A & B
Weds., Feb. 8
CONTINUED PREPARATION FOR FINAL
Thurs., Feb. 9
 Warm up: Handout on Five Tone Exercise in all 12 Major Keys
 p. 160 Minuet in F
 pp. 138 & 139
 Handout: I-IV6/4-I Chord Progressions
 Handout on I-IV6/4-I-V6/5-I Chord Progressions
 p. 162 No. 1 Sight Reading
 p. 165 Michael Row... in Major keys of C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C Sharp, E
Flat
TEST: Handout on I-IV6/4-I Chord Progressions - BACK OF PAGE ONLY by
memory
WRITTEN WORK: p.165 Michael Row the Boat Ashore written out on staff
paper in the Major keys of Db, Eb, F#, Ab, Bb
Week 6
CONTINUED PREPARATION FOR FINAL
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p. 160 Minuet in F
p. 165 Michael Row... in all Major keys
Review Major scales of C, D, E, F, G, A, B one octave HT
Five Tone Exercise in all Major keys
FINAL EXAM - DATE & TIME TBA (CHECK EXAM SCHEDULE)
1. Major scales of C, D, E, F, G, A, B one octave HT MEMORIZED
2. p. 160 Minuet in F Major
3. Five Tone Exercise in ALL major keys MEMORIZED
4. p. 165 Michael Row the Boat Ashore in ALL major keys
5. Sight Reading