270 Course - Introduction to Piano Cont.

Lesson Details

This course is a continuation of the Introduction to Piano course.

It’s a beginner course designed to further the following basic skills

  • Study basic piano techniques,
  • understand music notation and rhythm.
  • Introduce variety of simple piano pieces

Course structure

  • Lessons & Classes
    • All lessons are pre-recorded and available on this website
    • Class time is every Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday (11 - 11.50 am) and on Google Meet (see link below)
    • You can ask any questions about the lesson during the online class
    • You must watch the lesson before asking any questions
    • If you do not questions you are not required to be online

  • Homework: There is also a WhatsApp Group where you must submit ALL homework

During the course there will be

  • 4 quizzes,
  • a midterm exam which will include performance and theory worksheets,
  • a final exam (performance and worksheet)

Grading

You will be graded based on the following factors:

  • Participation – 15% (150 points)
    • Submission of your homework on time – till 6 pm after each class. The homework submitted later then 6pm won’t be graded and will be considered a fail.
    • Every time you fail to submit work you will be deducted 3 points.
    • You will be excluded from the course if you fail to submit homework 4 times in a row.

  • Worksheets / Assessments – 20%. Each worksheet and will be graded

  • 4 Quizzes – 20% (each quiz 5%)
    Each quiz will include several pieces to perform and sight reading.

  • Midterm Exam – 20% (Theory worksheet 5%, Performance 15%)

  • Final Exam – 25%
    • Theory worksheet 5%
    • Sight reading – Read & perform the music notation directly from the score 10%
    • Performance – 10%

The grading in this course designed to keep you practicing during entire course to develop the knowledge and encourage you to keep practicing.

Course WhatsApp Group

All homework including worksheets and videos must be submitted by WhatsApp

Submission of your homework on time – till 6 pm after each class

The homework submitted later then 6pm won’t be graded and points will be deducted

All quizzes, midterm and the final will be conducted online in real time. Pre-recorded videos will not be accepted.

During every live performance your CAMERA MUST BE ON.

You have to have a piano or keyboard in order to participate in this course.

Course Links

Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/cpp-oxmm-xfw?hs=224