MUS 216 Keyboard Skills 2 (Third 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 chromatic and enharmonic 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 213 and MUS 226 concurrently.

Credits

2

Prerequisite

MUS 215 

Corequisite

MUS 213 and MUS 226 

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Demonstrate keyboarding skills with accuracy for modal and symmetrical scales 2. Demonstrate correct voice leading and resolution, harmonization, and use of a variety of cadences in complex chord progressions that modulate at an advanced level
3. Demonstrate realization of complex figured bass and lead sheet notation at an advanced level
4. Demonstrate ability to perform piano repertoire relevant to course curriculum at a basic level
5. Demonstrate ability to accompany melodies/songs in various keys at a basic level