Courses
Class Instruction in Performance
- MUS L101 Beginning Guitar Class (2 cr.) Credit given for only one of L101 and L121 Beginning Guitar Class and Styles.
- MUS L102 Intermediate Guitar Class (2 cr.) Credit given for only one of L102 and L122 Intermediate Guitar Class and Styles.
- MUS L103 Advanced Guitar Class (2 cr.)
- MUS L111 Beginning Bass Guitar Class (2 cr.)
- MUS L112 Intermediate Bass Guitar Class (2 cr.)
- MUS L113 Advanced Bass Guitar Class (2 cr.)
- MUS L121 Beginning Guitar Class and Styles (3 cr.) Credit given for only one of L121 and L101 Beginning Guitar Class.
- MUS L122 Intermediate Guitar Class and Styles (3 cr.) Credit given for only one of L122 and L102 Intermediate Guitar Class.
- MUS P110 Beginning Piano Class 1, Non-Music Majors (3 cr.) Class piano for beginning piano students who are not music majors.
- MUS P111 Piano Class 1, Music Majors (2 cr.) P: Must be music undergraduate student. Piano class for non-keyboard music majors, as part of preparation for the keyboard proficiency examination and/or fulfillment of keyboard requirements for their degree. Performance examinations evaluate poise, facility and musicianship at the keyboard.
- MUS P115 Accelerated Beginning Piano Class 1, Non-Music Majors (3 cr.) P: Permission of instructor. An accelerated approach to the topics covered in MUS-P 110, designed for students with some preexisting musical background but no pianistic experience. Instruction consists of an asynchronous online lecture on topics including piano repertoire and history, as well as face-to-face, synchronous piano classes designed to develop pianistic skill.
- MUS P120 Beginning Piano Class 2, Non-Music Majors (3 cr.) Class piano (second-semester level) for students who are not music majors.
- MUS P121 Piano Class 2, Music Majors (2 cr.) P: P111 Piano Class 1, Music Majors or equivalency by placement. Piano class for non-keyboard music majors, as part of preparation for the keyboard proficiency examination and/or fulfillment of keyboard requirements for their degree. Performance examinations evaluate poise, facility and musicianship at the keyboard.
- 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. Piano class for BM Voice students, as part of preparation for the keyboard proficiency examination. Performance examinations evaluate poise, facility and musicianship at the keyboard.
- 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. Credit given for only one of V101 and V105 Voice Class and Styles.
- MUS V102 Voice Class II (2 cr.) P: V101 Voice Class. Continued instruction for beginners in use of the voice, vocal techniques, music reading skills, and artistic presentation.
- MUS V105 Voice Class and Styles (3 cr.) Instruction for beginners in the use of the voice, vocal techniques, music reading skills, and artistic presentation with an introduction to musical styles and music theory. Credit given for only one of V101 Voice Class and V105.
