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Music

Paul Holtz

PIANOI · CSIS110 · MUS133 · MUSIC113 · 6 lifetime ratings

AI rating
38/100
RMP rating
2.8/5
Take again
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Difficulty
3.0

The decision

if you already know the material and need little guidance; many students felt unsupported.

Best fit · Self Taught ProInconsistent helpSelf-taught heavy loadCommunication gapsFun piano momentsFast-paced music
  • Reviews split between fun piano praise and sharp complaints about no help and miscommunication
  • CSIS-style workload is heavy self-study with limited instructor answers
  • Some music students felt unprepared and even stuck with unwanted grades

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

Prior piano can make it easy, but others faced heavy weekly work, high expectations, or damaging grade issues.

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Is the course easy?

Standard

45/100

Piano basics can feel easy for experienced students, while music major pace and .

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Is attendance flexible?

Varies

50/100

Reviews , so flexibility cannot be confirmed.

In-person only; .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

34/100

Positive piano vibes exist, but multiple students warn about no help, harsh pacing, and communication failures.

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Course guide

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Grading

Strict

35/100

Students report little credit for improvement, inconsistent requirements, and at least one damaging grade situation.

Format shift

In-person only.

Workload

Heavy

28/100

, and two Office projects; music pace also feels too fast for some.

Format shift

In-person only.

Teaching experience

Average

42/100

Some call piano fun and exciting, while others say he ignores skill levels and rarely teaches technique.

Format shift

In-person only; opinions are sharply split.

Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

Mix of weekly tests and courses.

Format shift

In-person only.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

6 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

, but several students report weak help, fast pacing, and poor communication.

Main concern

Hard to reach, little technique coaching, and .

What students said

“The professor will get back to you quickly but rarely will help answer questions.”
CSIS110
“No help when asked, lacks communication, seemes unaware of indiv. skill lvls”
MUS133
“he makes learning the piano really fun. i highly suggest taking his class.”
MUSIC113

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

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Assessment includes frequent tests and projects with high performance expectations and little extra support.

Frequent weekly testsOffice projectsSight-reading expectations

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Reviews describe two tests a week plus projects and .

Two tests a weekOffice projectsSight-reading pressure
“You read from 2 books and take 2 tests a week along with 2 Office Projects a week.”
CSIS110
“expects us 2B superb sightreaders”
MUS133

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“WARNING!!! Because of miscommunication about adding/dropping this class, and being absolutely impossible to get ahold of, maybe on purpose, I still have an F for a class that was supposed to be easy.”

Voice snapshots generated from 6 in-person reviews, highlighting split piano praise versus support and pacing complaints. Credibility rating: Low.

🎯 Teaching Quality

42/100

“Mr. holtz is a wonderful teacher. never had i ever been so excited to go class.”

👎 Support Gap

30/100

“No help when asked, lacks communication”

📚

28/100

“The class is a self taught online class. You read from 2 books and take 2 tests a week”

👍 Recommendation Split

34/100

“i highly suggest taking his class.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • he makes learning the piano really fun
  • He's somewhat of a know it all and if you don't follow his method, he'll criticize you for it.
  • doesn't teach technique & meter enough

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Moved extremely too fast even for music majors.
  • Since I'd taken piano before, the class was unbelievably easy.
  • I still have an F for a class that was supposed to be easy.

Theme 3

⚠️ About Communication

  • rarely will help answer questions
  • being absolutely impossible to get ahold of
  • inconsistant w/ course req.

Data context

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Analysis sample

6

Recent reviews read by the AI

6

Lifetime ratings

38/100

Evidence confidence

Only six mostly old reviews with conflicting tones and limited grade detail lower confidence.

Inside 6 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 52
4 out of 50
3 out of 51
2 out of 52
1 out of 51

Course coverage

MUS1332 reviews
MUSIC1132 reviews
CSIS1101 review
PIANOI1 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

2 reported outcomes

A range

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A- 1

B range

1

B 1

C range

0

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D range

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F

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No letter grade reported

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