Elective courses in Tianjin University have piano foundation. Piano Department of Tianjin Conservatory of Music was established in 27. Because piano class is not the main course, students' energy is mainly concentrated on their own professional courses. In addition, they have to complete many basic courses, cultural courses and so on. Therefore, only limited time can be arranged to learn the piano. This brings great difficulties to the teaching of basic piano courses. Therefore, according to this feature, we must set out from the reality, arrange the teaching plan reasonably, and pay attention to foster strengths and avoid weaknesses in order to achieve good results. Therefore, it is required to have a piano foundation.