Group Class for Beginners I

Catalog description

This course is intended for undergraduate non-music-major students with little or no previous musical experience seeking instruction in either piano, voice or guitar. The class will meet once per week for 15 weeks. Piano students will cover basic keyboard technique, staff-reading, harmonization, ensemble playing and improvisation. Guitar students will cover left and right-hand technique, notational systems commonly used with guitar repertoire, basic chords, single note melodies, and improvisation in a mix of solo repertoire and ensemble playing. Voice students will explore healthy vocal technique, tone production, breathing, diction, physiology, musical style and related theoretical topics. There is no pre-requisite for this course.