Elementary Class Piano
Group instruction in elementary piano focusing on keyboard skills, sight-reading, theory application, harmonization, transposition, and improvisation.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.79 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.83 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.80 GPA, 85.2% A/AB (n=27 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Demonstrate developing keyboard skills and technical facility at the keyboard.
Demonstrate developing sight-reading skills in diverse styles, musical textures, keys, and genres in order to become a more independent musician.
Apply music theory concepts to piano performance.
Apply principles of harmonization and transposition.
Employ developing skills in improvisation and composition at the keyboard.
Source: UW Guide
Grade history
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Prerequisites
Course mapMUS PERF 102 or placement into MUS PERF 103 and declared in Music, Music: Performance BM, or Music: Education BM
- MUSPERF 102
- placement into MUS PERF 103
- Music
- Music: Performance BM
- Music: Education BM
“Used by” includes alternatives; linked courses may have other requirements. This is a best-effort interpretation; check the catalog requirements above.
Prerequisite text tree
- All of
- Any of
- MUSPERF 102
- placement into MUS PERF 103
- Any of
- Music
- Music: Performance BM
- Music: Education BM
- Any of
Professors
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Student experience
the class
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.79 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.83 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.80 GPA, 85.2% A/AB (n=27 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
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Topics
- Elementary piano technique.
- Sight-reading across styles and genres.
- Harmonization and transposition.
- Keyboard improvisation and composition.
Skills
- Keyboard skills and technical facility.
- Sight-reading in diverse styles, textures, keys, and genres.
- Application of music theory to performance.
- Principles of harmonization and transposition.
- Improvisation and composition at the keyboard.
Grades
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Model & dataset provenance
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