Courses
Class Instruction in Performance
- MUS L101 Beginning Guitar Class (2 cr.)
- MUS L102 Intermediate Guitar Class (2 cr.)
- MUS L103 Advanced Guitar Class (2 cr.)
- MUS L121 Beginning Guitar Class and Styles (3 cr.)
- MUS L122 Intermediate Guitar Class and Styles (3 cr.)
- MUS L128 Guitar Heroes (2 cr.) P: L101 Beginning Guitar Class, or L121 Beginning Guitar Class and Styles, or consent of instructor. Study and performance of the musical legacy created by guitar heroes from the 1930s to the present day. This course will investigate in a practical manner the solos, riffs, compositions, and techniques of various noteworthy guitarists who often presented new and unorthodox approaches to guitar playing conventions.
- MUS P110 Beginning Piano Class 1, Non-Music Majors (3 cr.) Class piano for beginning piano students.
- MUS P111 Piano Class 1, Music Majors (2 cr.) P: Must be music undergraduate student. Class piano for beginning piano students.
- MUS P120 Beginning Piano Class 2, Non-Music Majors (3 cr.) Class piano (second-semester level).
- MUS P121 Piano Class 2, Music Majors (2 cr.) P: P111 Piano Class 1, Music Majors or equivalency by placement. Class piano (second-semester level).
- MUS P130 Beginning Piano Class 3, Non-Music Majors (2 cr.) Class piano (third-semester level).
- MUS P131 Piano Class 3, Music Majors (2 cr.) P: P121 Piano Class 2, Music Majors or equivalency by placement. Class piano (third-semester level).
- MUS P141 Piano Class 4, Music Majors (2 cr.) P: P131 Piano Class 3, Music Majors or equivalency by placement. Class piano (fourth-semester level).
- MUS P201 Jazz Piano Class 1 (2 cr.) P: P121 Piano Class 2, Music Majors or equivalency by placement. Development of basic jazz keyboard skills and techniques for the non-piano jazz major, non-jazz piano major, and non-music major. Basic voicings for common harmonic formulae used in jazz, chord/scale relationships, and simple rhythmic comping patterns.
- MUS P202 Jazz Piano Class 2 (2 cr.) P: P201 Jazz Piano Class 1 or equivalency by placement. More advanced voicings; substitutions; comping patterns.
- MUS P715 Keyboard Review for Graduate Students (1 cr.) Meets the keyboard proficiency requirement with a grade of B or higher. The option of P715 is not available to majors in collaborative piano, guitar, harp, historical performance, jazz, music theory, organ, piano, or MS Music Education students.
- MUS P720 Jazz Piano Review (1 cr.) P: Major in jazz studies or permission of instructor. Jazz keyboard skills and techniques. Meets the keyboard proficiency requirement with a grade of B or higher for graduate non-pianist Jazz Studies majors. Voicings for common harmonic formulae including the II/V7/I chord progression and the blues, simple modal voicings, rhythmic comping patterns, and simple comping patterns for Latin jazz styles.
- MUS V101 Voice Class (2 cr.) Instruction for beginners in use of the voice, vocal techniques, music reading skills, and artistic presentation.
