Course curriculum

  • 1

    Navigating the Course

    • How to use this course
  • 2

    Welcome to Teaching Improvisation and Composition

    • Course Introduction

    • Welcome Survey
  • 3

    Session 1: Teaching Improvisation to Beginners

    • Session Contents

    • Video Lecture: "Improvisation for the Beginning Pianist" with Dr. Scott Price, Part 1

    • Video Lecture: Part 2

    • Video Lecture: Part 3

    • Video Lecture: Part 4

    • Reflection Activity

    • Transcript: "Improvisation for the Beginning Pianist" with Dr. Scott Price
  • 4

    Session 2: Steps to Improvisation

    • Session Contents

    • Reading 1: "Music Together: Creativity in Preparation for the Book" by Scott Price

    • Reading 2: "Steps to Teaching Improvisation" by Bradley Sowash

    • Video Demonstration 1: "Black Key Single-Finger Improvisation" with Scott Price

    • Video Demonstration 2: "Two-Handed Black Key Improvisation" with Scott Price

    • Video Demonstration 3: "White Key Improvisation" with Scott Price

    • Video Demonstration 4: "Question and Answer 1" with Scott Price

    • Video Demonstration 5: "Question and Answer 2" with Scott Price

    • Video Demonstration 6: "Question and Answer 3" with Scott Price

    • Video Demonstration 7: "Free Improvisation" with Scott Price

    • Video Demonstration 8: "Improvised Canon" with Scott Price

    • Video Demonstration 9: "Two-Handed White Key Improvisation" with Scott Price

    • Quiz on Improvisation Videos
  • 5

    Session 3: Teaching Composition to Beginning Students

    • Session Contents

    • Reading 1: "Student Benefits from Learning to Compose and Improvise" by Nicole Martens

    • Reading 2: "Student Compositions" by Various Authors

    • Video 1: "Raindrops"

    • Video 2: "The Ocean"

    • Video 3: "Geese on the Pond"

    • Video 4: "Mountains"

    • Video 5: "Bees Pollinate"

    • Video 6: "Flowers in the Spring"

    • Quiz on Composition Videos

    • Exit Survey