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• Skills Advisory: Music 60A.

A limited number of loaner digital pianos are available for use while enrolled in this course.

Instruction in this course ranges from an introduction to major and harmonic minor scale fingerings, minor key signatures, hand-over-hand arpeggios, triad inversions, primary chord harmonization, sight reading and transposition. Pieces are studied with attention to basic concepts of piano technique and interpretation such as phrasing, tone, touches and dynamics.

• Skills Advisory: Music 60B.

A limited number of loaner digital pianos are available for use while enrolled in this course.

Instruction in this course includes an emphasis on repertoire by master composers with attention to technical approach, interpretation and harmonic analysis. Major and harmonic minor scales, arpeggios and inversions are continued.

• Skills Advisory: Music 60C.

A limited number of loaner digital pianos are available for use while enrolled in this course.

In this course elementary pieces from the standard repertoire of all musical periods are studied with an emphasis on technique, interpretation and harmonic analysis. Keyboard musicianship skills, including major and harmonic minor scales, major and minor arpeggios and chord progressions involving seventh chords and secondary triads, are stressed.

• Skills Advisory: Music 60D.

A limited number of loaner digital pianos are available for use while enrolled in this course.

A study of intermediate level original piano compositions by master composers. Includes technical studies, analysis of literature performed, in-depth instruction on the interpretation of literature performed, major and minor scales (4 octaves, hands together), chord progressions and harmonization.

• Skills Advisory: Music 61A.

A limited number of loaner digital pianos are available for use while enrolled in this course.

A study of upper intermediate and early advanced levels of original piano compositions by master composers. Includes technical studies, analysis of literature performed, in-depth instruction on the interpretation of literature performed, major and minor scales (4 octaves, hands together), chord progressions (including modulation).

• Skills Advisory: Music 61A or equivalent.

A limited number of loaner digital pianos are available for use while enrolled in this course.

A course to develop sight reading (Prima Vista) skills. Intended for students who can play pieces that have been practiced repeatedly (or memorized), but who cannot perform music being seen for the first time with any degree of ease of confidence. Student should have the ability to sight read adequately.

• Skills Advisory: MUSIC 60C or equivalent.

Student must have the ability to sight read adequately. A limited number of loaner digital pianos are available for use while enrolled in this course.

This course is designed for students interested in performing standard literature by master composers for duo piano (2 players/2 pianos), piano duet (2 players/2piano), and piano quartet (4 players/2 pianos). It will cover music written for this medium from the 18th century to the present. There may be an opportunity for a public performance. Students should have the ability to sight read.

• Skills Advisory: Music 60C.

A limited number of loaner digital pianos are available for use while enrolled in this course.

Instruction includes 7th, 9th, 11th and 13th chords; their voicing and use in jazz standards. Improvisation techniques for jazz, blues, pop, Latin and gospel style are included.

• Skills Advisory: Music 65A.

A limited number of loaner digital pianos are available for use while enrolled in this course.

Continuation and application of material studied in Music 65A, including all 7th, 9th, 11th and 13th chords, their voicing and use in jazz standards. Improvising techniques for jazz, blues, pop, Latin and gospel styles are included.

• Prerequisite: None.

See also Music 1 and Music 60A. A limited number of loaner digital pianos are available for use while enrolled in this course.

This course combines the study of the rudiments of music theory with an introduction to the keyboard. Included is the knowledge of music notation, scales, intervals, triads and seventh chords, rhythmic drills and sight singing. Piano studies include technical exercises, major scales, hand-over-hand arpeggios, simple chording and an introduction to piano literature. The fundamentals of music component of this course (or the equivalent) is a prerequisite for all other music theory courses. The piano component (or the equivalent) is a prerequisite for all other piano courses.

Music 66 is equivalent to taking Music 1 and Music 60A. A student taking Music 66 may not earn credit for Music 1 or Music 60A.

• Prerequisite: None.
• Advisory: Music 61B or equivalent.

This course will focus on the performance of standard keyboard repertoire by major composers of the twentieth century. The composers under study will include Debussy, Ravel, Scriabin, Bartok, Hindemith, Schoenberg, Prokofiev, Kabalevsky, Stravinsky, Copland, Barber, Ginastera, and others. This course is designed for upper-intermediate or early advanced pianists.

• Prerequisite: Music 6.

This course continues the study of conventional harmony by introducing secondary dominants, diminished seventh chords, dominant ninth chords, and altered chords such as the Neapolitan, augmented sixth chords, and contemporary chord extensions. The discipline of part writing is continued, and the notions of both permanent and transient modulation are explored. Correlated with Music 3 (Musicianship).

• Prerequisite: None.

A limited number of loaner instruments are available for use while enrolled in this course.

This course provides instruction in and reinforcement of the basic skills needed to play the instruments of the orchestral string family (violin, viola, cello and bass). Included are hand position, bow hold, fingerings, intonation, and posture.

• Skills Advisory: Music 70A.

A limited number of loaner instruments are available for use while enrolled in this course.

This course is designed as an intermediate level class to continue development of the skills needed to play bowed string instruments (violin, viola, cello, string bass) and to improve reading skills. This course will offer a first level ensemble experience with emphasis on precision, intonation, balance, and blend. A separate time will be scheduled to help prepare more advanced students for the orchestra.

• Prerequisite: None.
• Advisory: Music 70B or audition.

A limited number of loaner instruments are available for use while enrolled in this course.

This course provides study of musical style and rehearsal techniques as they relate to the performance of intermediate level string orchestra literature. Ability to play a string instrument is required. During the course attention also will be given to technical development of the students in relation to the music that is being studied.

• Prerequisite: None.

This course provides instruction in and reinforcement of the basic technical skills need to play instruments of the woodwind family, including embouchure development, standard and auxiliary fingerings, hand position, posture, and diaphragmatic breathing. Instruments of the woodwind family include flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, and bass clarinet.

• Prerequisite: None.

This course is the study of fundamental techniques, including tone production, fingerings, embouchure and hand position, of standard brass instruments which include trumpet, horn, euphonium, trombone and tuba.

• Prerequisite: None.

Instruction in the basic techniques of concert percussion for beginners, emphasizing snare drum and orchestra bells. Techniques of other instruments, including bass drum, cymbals, triangle, tambourine and timpani will be demonstrated. Students will play individually and in small ensembles.

• Skills Advisory: Music 73A.

Instruction in percussion and snare drum at a more advanced level than given in Music 73A. Additional instruction will be given in other percussion instruments, such as bass drum, cymbals, timpani, and tambourine. Class rehearsal as well as outside preparation will lead to public performance.

• Prerequisite: Audition required.

This course provides study of musical style and rehearsal techniques as they relate to the performance of orchestra literature.