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MUS 0040B - Beginning Piano II

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Catalog Description Prerequisite: Completion of MUS 40A with grade of "C" or better or equivalent piano skill with permission of instructor Hours: 54 (36 lecture, 18 laboratory) Description: Continuation of MUS 40A using more advanced materials. Developing skills in harmonizing a melody, playing scales, sight-reading, chord inversions and repertoire. (CSU, UC) Course Student Learning Outcomes CSLO #1: Select appropriate primary chords to harmonize a diatonic melody. CSLO #2: Accurately perform selected major and harmonic minor scales with appropriate fingerings, spanning two octaves with both hands at a steady tempo. CSLO #3: Analyze the inversions of primary triads in a given piece. CSLO #4: Perform late-beginning to early- intermediate level piano repertoire. Effective Term Fall 2025 Course Type Credit - Degree-applicable Contact Hours 54 Outside of Class Hours 54 Total Student Learning Hours 108 Course Objectives LECTURE OBJECTIVES: 1. Select appropriate primary chords to harmonize a diatonic melody. 2. Create an accompaniment for a blues progression. 3. Analyze the inversions of triads in a given piece of music. 4. Identify and play three forms of a minor scale. 5. Demonstrate critical thinking skills through reflection on progress in practicing scales and analyzing repertoire. 6. Trace the origins and historical development of the piano and piano notation. 7. Critique a piano performance and the interpretive choices of both performer and composer using standard musical terminology. LABORATORY OBJECTIVES: 1. Review and play the 5-finger patterns and Primary Triads in any given major key. 2. Perform C, G, D, A, E, B, F Major scales and a, e, d, g, c, d harmonic minor scales with appropriate fingerings, spanning two octaves with both hands at a steady tempo. 3. Create an accompaniment for a blues progression in a given key. 4. Perform major and relative minor scales in C, G, D, A, E, B 5. Understand the musical functions of transposition and demonstrate skill in transposing chords and melodies into various keys. General Education Information Approved College Associate Degree GE Applicability AA/AS - Fine Arts CSU GE Applicability (Recommended-requires CSU approval) Cal-GETC Applicability (Recommended - Requires External Approval) IGETC Applicability (Recommended-requires CSU/UC approval) Articulation Information CSU Transferable UC Transferable Methods of Evaluation Objective Examinations Example: 1. Notate major scales in various keys for two octaves with correct fingering. 2. Define various expression terms for tempo and dynamics. Problem Solving Examinations Example: 1. Create specified major key signatures and their relative minors. 2. Identify and/or create various chords in inversions with correct figured bass symbols. Skill Demonstrations Example: 1. Demonstrate the harmonization of each tone in a major scale using only primary triads. 2. Perform two minor scales in a specified key. Show which notes are altered in the melodic minor and harmonic minor forms of those scales. Repeatable No Methods of Instruction Laboratory Lecture/Discussion Distance Learning Lab: Instructor will demonstrate correct fingering for B major scale, isolating correct fingering and thumb crossings. Students will practice in class for 5 minutes, then perform. Instructor will demonstrate arpeggios for right hand and left hand in two octaves in various sharp keys with correct fingering. Students will practice in class for 10 minutes to perform arpeggios in sharp keys on demand hands separately. Lecture: The instructor will discuss primary chords, and will demonstrate how to use them when transposing a piece of music from one key to another. Examples and uses of transposition for piano, voice and other instruments will be discussed. Students will practice examples of transposition from various pieces, both individually and as a group. The instructor will interact with individuals as requested and lead the group as a whole. Students will prepare for a test on transposition by writing out pieces in different keys for homework. Through using an understanding of keys and intervals students will be able to play simple transpositions at the keyboard and develop sight-reading and critical thinking skills simultaneously. Instructor will present a piano piece with students watching the score as it is played. Instructor will ask questions to reveal patterns perceived melodically and rhythmically. Instructor will then assign specific short musical pieces for students to analyze and discuss in class. Distance Learning In a video lecture, the instructor will discuss primary chords, and will demonstrate how to use them when transposing a piece of music from one key to another. Students will study assigned examples of transposition, and then complete a test on transposition for which they will write out musical excerpts in different keys. Typical Out of Class Assignments Reading Assignments 1) Read about triads and analyze chord types in a piece currently being studied. 2) Read a selected article about a piano technique for playing scales and report observations. Writing, Problem Solving or Performance 1) Perform a memorized piano piece in class. 2) Keep a journal to record practice history and thoughts about the practice process. Other (Term projects, research papers, portfolios, etc.) 1) Attend a public piano performance and/or faculty recital and write a report of observations. Required Materials Contemporary Class Piano Author: Elyse Mach Publisher: Oxford University Press Publication Date: 2023 Text Edition: 9th Classic Textbook?: No OER Link: OER: Easy to Play Piano/Keyboard Music for Adult Beginners Author: Martin Woodward Publisher: Martin Woodward Publication Date: 2023 Text Edition: 1st Classic Textbook?: No OER Link: OER: Other materials and-or supplies required of students that contribute to the cost of the course.