Skagit Valley College

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 Course Title:   Class Piano I

 Title Abbreviation:   CLASS PIANO I

 Department:    MUSC

 Course #:    111

 Credits:    3

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    3

 CIP:    500901

 EPC:    n/a

 REV:    2018


 Course Description  

The course is designed for those with limited or no keyboard background and includes basic notation, rhythm skills, technique, and sight reading. Each class includes group and individual instruction in ensemble playing and repertoire materials. Music Majors are required, depending on piano playing skills, to take this course along with MUSC 141.

 Prerequisite  

None

Additional Course Details

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 33

Lab: 0

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0


Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Academic Elective  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Other Institution Equivalencies Table
Institution Course # Remarks
CWU 165
U of W 133
WSU 102
WWU 261

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

  1. Identify all key signatures and meters.
  2. Play all major scales and arpeggios.
  3. Read and play music at an appropriate level of difficulty tailored to the student.
  4. Perform in class workshops on a weekly basis and in a student recital at the end of the quarter.
  5. Observe and critique the playing classmates.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

2. Critical Thinking

Definition: The ability to think critically about the nature of knowledge within a discipline and about the ways in which that knowledge is constructed and validated and to be sensitive to the ways these processes often vary among disciplines.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
2.1 Identify and express concepts, terms, and facts related to a specific discipline.
2.9 Apply and/or create problem-solving strategies to successfully adapt to unpredictable and/or changing environments.

3. Communication

Definition: Understanding and producing effective written, spoken, visual, and non-verbal communication.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
3.3 Demonstrate effective listening skills.

6. Individual Awareness & Responsibility

Definition: Understanding, managing, and taking responsibility for one’s learning and behavior in varied and changing environments.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
6.1 Identify ethical and healthy choices and apply these personally, socially, academically, and professionally.
6.2 Demonstrate standards of professionalism in manner, appearance, and setting appropriate to the context, including the classroom, workplace, and community.
6.3 Apply successful organizational strategies of planning, goal setting, prioritizing, resolving conflict, and managing time to specific goals and/or projects.
6.5 Develop self-monitoring and self-advocacy skills to effect positive life changes.

7. Aesthetics & Creativity

Definition: Interpreting human experience through engagement with creative processes and aesthetic principles.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
7.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the creative process.
7.2 Demonstrate knowledge of aesthetic principles.
7.4 Demonstrate an understanding of the role of arts and creative expression in societies.

Course Contents

  1. Fundamentals of rhythm and meter
  2. Fundamentals of music reading
  3. Establish effective and productive practice techniques
  4. Styles and periods of keyboard repertory
  5. Specific levels of repertory will be determined by the ability level of the student