{"id":562,"date":"2026-10-20T20:56:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T20:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.wp.missouristate.edu\/grizzlynotes\/?p=562"},"modified":"2026-10-22T17:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T17:00:17","slug":"always-wanted-to-play-piano-start-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.wp.missouristate.edu\/grizzlynotes\/2026\/10\/20\/always-wanted-to-play-piano-start-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Always Wanted to Play Piano? Start Here."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>MUS 101: Beginning Piano<\/b> is open to all students, with no musical experience required. If you\u2019ve never touched a keyboard or read a note of music, this class was made for you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">You\u2019ll learn the basics from the ground up: reading music, understanding rhythm, finding your way around the keyboard, and playing with good hand position and technique. By the end of the semester, you\u2019ll be playing scales, chords, and simple pieces with both hands.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">You\u2019ll learn in our <b>brand-new Yamaha digital piano lab<\/b>, where every student has their own instrument with headphones. You can practice at your own pace without anyone listening, then come together with the class for group playing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Whether you want to accompany yourself singing, pick up a lifelong hobby, or just try something new, MUS 101 is a fun and low-pressure way to begin. For more information, email <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" title=\"mailto:MicahBoise@MissouriState.edu\" href=\"mailto:MicahBoise@MissouriState.edu\" data-linkindex=\"0\">MicahBoise@MissouriState.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MUS 101: Beginning Piano is open to all students, with no musical experience required. If you\u2019ve never touched a keyboard or read a note of music, this class was made for you. You\u2019ll learn the basics from the ground up: reading music, understanding rhythm, finding your way around the keyboard, and playing with good hand [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[67,68],"class_list":["post-562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-music-program","tag-piano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wp.missouristate.edu\/grizzlynotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wp.missouristate.edu\/grizzlynotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wp.missouristate.edu\/grizzlynotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wp.missouristate.edu\/grizzlynotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/96"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wp.missouristate.edu\/grizzlynotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=562"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wp.missouristate.edu\/grizzlynotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":563,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wp.missouristate.edu\/grizzlynotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562\/revisions\/563"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wp.missouristate.edu\/grizzlynotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wp.missouristate.edu\/grizzlynotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wp.missouristate.edu\/grizzlynotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wp.missouristate.edu\/grizzlynotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}