Piano Skills

Catalog description

This course prepares students for requisite musicianship skills in junior level music major courses. The Piano Skills Proficiency Requirement is a requirement for accepted music majors before the end of their 4th semester (transfer students before the end of their 2nd semester) at BYU-Idaho. Students with required piano skills may test out by registering for Section 1. I. General Playing Level (do not have to be these specific pieces) a. First movement of Kuhlau Sonatina op. 55 # 1 b. Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 116 from Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach c. A four-part hymn of your choice d. Basic sight reading II. Specific Skills e. Play all major and minor scales two octaves with I-IV6 -I-V7 chord progression with each scale. f. Be able to read and realize lead sheet symbols to accompany a melody using I, IV, V. g. Play a simple melody at sight harmonized with the appropriate chords (I, IV, V) to go with the melody; transpose the same melody and supporting chords to a key that the teacher chooses. h. Play blocked triads and one octave arpeggios going up chromatically (much like a choir warm-up) major and minor.