Contact: David West (west@alpha.nsula.edu )
News Bureau
Northwestern State University
Natchitoches, LA 71497
(318) 357-6466

11/26/2001

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NATCHITOCHES-Learning to play the piano could be easier than you think. Northwestern State University's Office of Continuing Education will offer a non-credit course, "Instant Piano for Hopelessly Busy People," Tuesday, Dec. 4.

The class will be held in Room 228 of the Old Wing of the A.A. Fredericks Center for Creative and Performing Arts from 6 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. The fee for the class is $49 plus a $20 material fee. David Haynes is the instructor.

Topics to be covered include: How chords work in music, musician's shortcuts, how to speed read sheet music, how to derive major, minor and seventh cords, how to handle different keys and time signatures, simple techniques of counting and how to substitute for 12,000 complex chords.

The class is designed for beginners who only know how to find middle C. Participants will learn all the chords needed to play any pop song, any style, any key.

For more information on the class, contact Northwestern's Office of Continuing Education at (318) 357-5682 or (800) 376-2422.

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