MUSC 299:Piano Proficiency

Credit Hours: 0
Lecture hours per week: 0
Lab hours per week: 0

Prerequisite(s): Permission of department.
A capstone experience and barrier examination required for the partial fulfillment of the Associate of Arts in Performing Arts (Music concentration) degree. Taken in conjunction with the private one-on-one piano lesson, requiring students to perform all major scales, harmonic, melodic, and natural minor scales two octaves, hands together; prepare two memorized pieces in contrasting style; harmonize folk songs; transpose simple melodies to any given key; and sight read. (Piano majors will perform scales four octaves.) Music majors must pass with a grade of Satisfactory (S).