KSMUS 211 — Keyboard Skills II

2 credits
Fall
Faculty

Prerequisite: KSMUS 111-112 . With the focus now on chromatic harmonies and complex modulations, this course continues the study of all topics introduced in Keyboard Skills I. Areas under study include the realization of figured bass lines without a given soprano; composition of progressions with chromatic harmonies and distant modulations; reduction of three- and four-part scores utilizing varying clefs; an introduction to orchestral transpositions and prepared reduction of symphonies and concertos by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven; and transposition of 19th-century lieder up and down varying intervals. Required of all keyboard majors.