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Oct 23, 2026
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MUSC 1122 - Keyboard Skills for Majors II
Credits: 1
Catalog Description
Applies the concepts of MUSC 1126 and MUSC 1127 specifically to the keyboard. Class is one hour per week in keyboard lab developing more advanced skills in keyboard fluency: chord-based accompaniment patterns, transposition, sight reading and improvisation. The second in a two-part course sequence (with MUSC 1121 ), this course prepares music majors and minors for required piano proficiency exams in bachelor programs across the country.
Prerequisite(s) (must have a grade of C or better): Concurrent enrollment in MUSC 1126
Recommended Skills, Abilities, or Coursework: Intended for students with prior performance experience in music, i.e., band, choir, orchestra, etc.
Additional fee to student: No
Learner Outcomes
- Demonstrate chord analysis and building at the keyboard.
- Apply harmonic analysis and its notations (figured bass, chord symbols) at the keyboard.
- Perform arpeggios, chordal inversions and other accompaniment patterns at the keyboard.
- Perform major and minor scales, hands together, two octaves.
- Transpose simple musical material in five-finger position at the keyboard.
- Perform beginning exercises in improvisation.
- Demonstrate keyboard navigation and notation literacy through sight-reading.
Major Areas of Course Content
- Harmonic notation
- Harmonic application at the keyboard
- Transposition
- Improvisation
- Sight-reading at the keyboard
Credit for Prior Learning Options
Course-Specific Exam
Credit for Prior Learning Option Procedure(s)
The student should contact faculty member currently teaching the course to set up a date and time for the exam.
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