Keyboard Competencies IV

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This course prepares music education students to address standards for keyboard competency as stipulated by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) standards and Wisconsin Teacher Standards (WTS). All activities in the course are driven by practical situations in the classroom using keyboard skills. These skills include demonstration of keyboard technique (scales, chord progressions), folk song accompaniments, transposition of melodies to other keys, score reading (choral or instrumental ensembles), and performance of accompaniments with appropriate stylistic considerations. Prerequisite: MUS 148 . Offered Spring - Even Numbered Years.