2.00 Credits
For students pursuing a Music major and piano teachers who wish to improve their skills. Designed to prepare qualified pianists to teach piano effectively and to acquaint them with new materials and techniques from the intermediate levels of piano instruction. Principles taught include: rhythm, technique, sight-reading, harmonization, improvisation, transposition, music technology, practice skills, private and group lesson pedagogies, and learning styles. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Articulate the diverse processes in teaching the intermediate piano student. 2. Examine various approaches to teaching intermediate piano skills. 3. Classify major composers of intermediate piano literature and their corresponding literature examples. 4. Categorize representative examples of the various levels of intermediate piano literature. SP (odd)