What is included in a piano course?

[driz]

I mean, of course there must be some classes that will require you to execute your playing skills, but other than that and solfege classes, what classes do piano students--or even just music students--have? what do they train or challenge?

[silverchair87]

Hi,

I'm assuming you mean piano courses at college?

I have studied many classes including traditional keyboard skills, jazz keyboard skills, analysis, history of western music, orchestration, light arranging and techniques of teaching. We also have performance classes and masterclasses, and obviously our own individual lessons.

It depends where you go and what you choose to do basically

[driz]

Yes, that's what I meant.

Are individual lessons the only way you play in a class? I'm just asking this because I'm wondering if it's possible to have a class where you play piano with other people included. Wouldn't it be rather confusing if a lot of people play at the same time in the same room?

[silverchair87]

You would only play with other people in the room if you were doing chamber music. If you were doing a piano duo for example, or a trio, quartet etc, but generally you aren't forced to do these things. It depends on the course you choose, but you don't generally learn the same piece of music as your peers, so there wouldn't be a situation where 5 pianists were in the same room at the same time learning the same piece, just wouldn't happen.