MUS 172J  Jazz and Pop Piano I

1 Unit (Degree Applicable, CSU, UC)
Lab: 54
Prerequisite: MUS 171

Developing and refining keyboard skills through upper-beginning and early intermediate jazz and pop music. Includes piano technique, major and minor scales, arpeggios, sight-reading, chord progressions, harmonization, and transposition. Other topics include interpretation of basic chord symbols, Roman numeral notation, and basic jazz and pop voicings for accompanying in ballad, swing, and bossa nova styles.
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