Skagit Valley College

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 Course Title:   Advance Piano Class

 Title Abbreviation:   Advance Class Piano

 Department:    MUSC

 Course #:    213

 Credits:    3

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    3

 CIP:    500901

 EPC:    n/a

 REV:    2018


 Course Description  

MUSC 213 is a continuation of MUSC 113. This course is in sync with keyboard expectations in the music transfer degree. Careful attention will be given to technical elements of playing, such as scales, chords, arpeggios, progressions, transpositions, sight reading and ensemble playing required to pass the piano proficiency exam at a 4-year transfer institution. Required for music majors.

 Prerequisite  

Prerequisite: MUSC 113 with a grade of C or better or instructor's permission.

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
EWU 184
WSU 184
WWU 263

Learning Outcomes

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

  1. Sight-read an open score, in tempo, and two parts at once, from an open four-part vocal score.
  2. Transpose a melody for a B-flat clarinet, and F horn or a viola (alto clef).
  3. Perform one piece of ensemble music in class with another student/teacher.
  4. Harmonize a simple melody using V7/V chords.
  5. Prepare a solo piano piece to perform in class from the intermediate repertoire or above as required by the transfer institution's piano proficiency exam.
  6. Sight read a 4-part hymn.
  7. Play scales in all major and minor keys, 4 octaves hands together.

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.

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 . . .
6.2 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. Sight reading an open score and 4-part hymns
  2. Instrumental transposition
  3. Solo playing at the intermediate level or above
  4. Establish effective and productive practice techniques
  5. Harmonization of intermediate melodies using V7/V chords
  6. Accompanying
  7. Playing all major and minor scales.