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 Faculty

 Dr. Marylyn Wright
 
Instructor of Music Theory,
    Piano & Pipe Organ

 Private Applied Piano


 

 

Piano Class I
Demonstrate the use of correct fingerings, hand positions, and technique appropriate for first semester piano. Play music with melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic accuracy. Sight read simple compositions. Play simple accompaniment patterns. Perform a memorized piece from the Baroque period. Music Majors play selected assignments that correspond with those in Elementary Music Theory I. Play all 15 major scales and I IV I V I cadences, parallel motion, hands together.

Piano Class II
Demonstrate the use of correct fingerings, hand positions, and technique appropriate for second semester piano. Play music with melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic accuracy. Sightread simple compositions. Perform a memorized piece from the Classical period. Music Majors play selected assignments that correspond with those in Elementary Music Theory II. Play 15 minor scales and i iv i V i  cadences, parallel motion, hands together.

Piano Class III
Demonstrate the use of correct fingerings, hand positions, and technique appropriate for third semester piano. Play music with melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic accuracy. Play and sightread music in various keys and time signatures. Perform a memorized piece from the Romantic period. Music Majors play selected assignments that correspond with those in Advanced Music Theory I.Play all 15 major scales two octaves and the I IV I V V7 I cadences in all inversions, parallel motion, hands together. The left hand will play roots only for cadences.

Piano Class IV
Demonstrate the use of correct fingerings, hand positions, and technique appropriate for fourth semester piano. Play music with melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic accuracy. Perform a memorized piece from the Twentieth Century period. Music Majors play selected assignments that correspond with those in Advanced Music Theory II. Play all 15 major scales and their parallel harmonic minor scales, two octaves and the I IV I V V7 I and i iv i V  V7 i cadences in all inversions, parallel motion, hands together. Cadences will use roots only in the left hand and chords in all inversions in the right hand.