MUS 215 Keyboard Skills 2 (Second Term)

Course develops piano skills essential for all music majors. Keyboard Skills 2 focuses on chromatic harmony. Skills include the performance of scales and arpeggios, chord progressions with modulations (including altered chords) with corrective voice leading and resolution, harmonization, transposition, improvisation, realization of figured bass, sight-reading of two-part piano texture. Designed to be taken with MUS 212 and MUS 225 concurrently.

Credits

2

Prerequisite

MUS 214 

Corequisite

MUS 212 and MUS 225 

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Demonstrate keyboarding skills with accuracy for all major and minor scales and arpeggios using both hands together
2. Demonstrate correct voice leading and resolution, harmonization, and use of a variety of cadences in complex chord progressions that modulate at an intermediate level
3. Demonstrate realization of complex figured bass and lead sheet notation at an intermediate level