KSMUS 540J — Jazz Piano I for Non-Pianists

1 credit per semester
Fall and Spring
Donald Vega

Designed to provide the non-pianist jazz musician with the basic proficiency necessary to utilize the piano as an aid to composition, arranging, and improvisation. Basics of piano technique, including scales, fingerings, arpeggios, hand position, touch, and sight-reading. Harmonic progressions and voicings will be studied in the context of the standard jazz repertoire.