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  • Descriptor Title
    Piano I
  • C-ID Number
    170
  • Units
    1
  • Hours
    0000
  • Date of Last Revision
    2/26/2025 08:04:57 PM GMT+0000

General Description

This course is an introduction to beginning keyboard skills, including notation. It includes basic technique, major and minor five finger patterns, major scales, sight reading and basic chord progressions, as they are encountered in beginning piano music.

Prerequisites

N/A

Corequisites

N/A

Advisories

N/A

Content

Minimal topics:

  1. Basic notation: grand staff, meter, rhythm
  2. Major five-finger patterns in all white-note keys hands together.
  3. Chord progression I-IV6/4-I-V6/5-I in all white-note keys hands separately.
  4. White-note major scales in one octave, hands together.
  5. Perform beginning level pieces. 

Lab Activities

No information provided

Objectives

Objectives and Outcomes language based upon the above course content to be developed by individual programs within their local curriculum process.

Evaluation Methods

Including but not limited to written and performance quizzes and tests, and a concert report.

Textbooks

Alfred's Group Piano for Adults, Lancaster, Renfrow

Descriptor Administration

  • Public Review Needed
    No
  • Next Descriptor Review
    No information provided
  • Resubmission Requirements for Courses
    Descriptor changes were administrative only
  • Resubmission Deadline
    No information provided
  • Comments

    No information provided

  • Notes

    Finalized 7/5/17.

  • Keywords

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