Piano IIMUS 132
Prerequisite: MUS 131 or permission of the instructor. Continuation of Piano I. (15-15)
Outcomes and Objectives
Continue development of sight reading skills begun in piano I.
- Read pieces in major and minor keys.
- Identify key signatures for major and minor keys.
- Read pieces hands together in same 5-finger pattern.
- Read pieces with melody in one hand, accompaniment in other.
- Read pieces with some hand position changes.
Read and perform rhythm patterns.
- Determine meter indicated by simple and compound meter signatures.
- Demonstrate ability to count rhythms in simple and compound meter.
- Develop ability to read and play more complicated rhythm patterns including 16th notes, dotted-note patterns, and triplets.
Perform piano pieces in major and minor keys.
- Perform pieces with hand position extending over the octave.
- Perform pieces in minor keys, or combining relative major and minor keys.
- Perform ensemble music with two ore more parts.
- Develop confidence in playing for the group.
- Demonstrate understanding of tempo indications, style, phrasing, and dynamics in performance.
Continue to develop technical skills for playing.
- Demonstrate correct arm, hand, and finger position.
- Develop finger dexterity for scales and melodic passages.
- Play triads with good tone, proper use of hand and arm.
- Continue developing eye-hand coordination for reading and playing by direction and interval.
- Apply different touches-legato, staccato, accents, and varying dynamic levels ff to pp.
- Develop arm-hand-finger technique for phrase shaping.
Transpose melodies and harmonize a given melody with I, IV and V7 chords.
- Use whole and half step patterns to build major and minor scales and triads.
- Play major and minor scales, first in tetra chord patterns and then in 2 octaves with thumb crossings, hands separately.
- Play major and minor triads and inversions.
- Play I, IV, and V chords in root position for major and minor keys.
- Play I, IV, and V cadence chords in close position.
- Play arpeggios in four octaves; hand over hand (RH LH RH LH).
- Transpose a 5-finger melody or simple piece from the key it is written in to other major or minor.
- Harmonize a major or minor melody with I, IV, and V chords.