LEVEL 1 VIOLIN CompleteRequirements Repertoire THREEPIECESOFCONTRASTINGSTYLESTwopiecesmustbememorized. Thelistingsbelowareforreferenceonly.Otherrepertoireofsimilardifficultymaybe used. Anthologies Publisher Summy Birchard Harris Kjos Suzuki:ViolinSchool,Vol.1;(#9andabove) RoyalConservatoryofMusic: ViolinSeries,Repertoire1 AndersonandFrost: SolosandEtudes,Bk.1 AdditionalExamples Boston Harris Booseyand Hawkes Faber Herfurth:ATuneaDay,Bk.1,Lesson12andabove Elgar,SirEdward:SixEasyPiecesOp.22(#1 6) Fletcher Rolland: NewTunesforStrings,Bk.1(#15 32) dekeyser(ed.):violinplaytimeseries,bk.2 Oral Questions Questionsmaybeaskedaboutmusicaltermsandsignsfoundinthestudent srepertoire. CAPMTStudentEvaluationsSyllabus2009 Level1 p.1
Technique Scales G,D,AMajor aharmonicminor 1octave Bowingq q q =69 TonicArpeggios G,D,AMajor 1octave Bowingq q q q =69 Sight Reading Melody:4 8barsinlength Keys:GMajor,DMajor Timesignature:2/4,3/4or4/4. Notevalues:e q h h. w Beforeplayingthemelody,thestudentwillbeaskedto: Explainthetimesignature. Claptherhythm. Identifytheintervalsbysizeanddirection. Identifythekey. Terms and Signs fermata eighthnotes eighthrest firstandsecondendings tempo atempo adagio andante moderato allegro damperpedal( ) repetition accidental ritardando(ritard,rit.) D.C.alfine fine up beats(pick upnotes) keysignature 2/4,3/4,4/4 CAPMTStudentEvaluationsSyllabus2009 Level1 p.2
Music Literacy Thestudentisresponsibleforallterms,signs,andconceptsfrompreviouslevels. Writescalesinwholenotes(trebleorbassclef).Majorkeys:CFGD AddnotestoformIandVchordsabovetheappropriatenotesofeachscale. LabeleachchordwithaRomannumeral. Identifykeysignatures.Majorkeys:CFGD Identifynotesonthegrandstaff,includingledgerlines. Identifyrootpositiontriads,blockedorbroken. Majorkeys:CFGD Minorkeys:cfgd Writeoridentifyany2 nd,3 rd,4 th,5 th,6 th,7 th,8 th (octave)onthestaffbynumberonly. Writecountsoraddbarlinestoanexamplewiththetimesignaturegiven. 2/4,3/4,4/4meter.Examplemayincludeup beats(pick upnotes). Matchtermsandsignstotheirdefinitions. Scoreanalysis:Questionswillinvolveconceptsfromthisandearlierlevels. Aural Training/Listening Skills Intervalidentification:M2,M3,P4,P5.Eachwillbeplayedbrokenandsolid. Identificationofpentachordsandtriadsasbeinginamajororminorkey. Pentachordsmaybeplayedinseveralways:goingup,goingdown,orgoing upanddown.triadswillbeplayedbothbrokenandsolid. Identifythemeterofapieceasbeing2/4or3/4. IdentifythetempoofapieceasbeingAllegroorAdagio. CAPMTStudentEvaluationsSyllabus2009 Level1 p.3
Level 1 Sample Written Test Scales and Chords (16pts.) Addsharpsorflatstoformthescalesbelow. Writenotesabovethefirstandfifthnotestoformchords. (Remembertowriteinanysharpsorflatsthatoccurlaterinthescale.) WriteRomannumeralsundereachchord. CMajor Thefirstonehasbeendoneforyouasanexample. DMajor GMajor FMajor CAPMTStudentEvaluationsSyllabus2009 Level1 p.4
Score Analysis Answerthequestionsaboutthemusicbelow. (14pts.) Minuet 1. Findandcircleanexampleofathird. 2. Howmanybeatsareineachmeasure? 3. Whatisthenameoftheflatinthekeysignature? 4. Themusiciswritteninthekeyof: a. Cmajor b. Gmajor c. Fmajor 5. Writethenamesofthebassclefnotesonthelinesbelowthelasttwomeasures. (1pointeach) 6. Writeinthecountingforthefirstline.(4points) CAPMTStudentEvaluationsSyllabus2009 Level1 p.5
Matching (7pts.) a) Fine 1.Fermata(hold) b)moderato 2.Graduallyslowdown c) Allegro 3.Firstandsecondendings d) 4.Returntotheoriginaltempo e)ritardando(ritard,rit.) 5.Amediumtempo f) atempo 6.Afasttempo g) 7.Theend Intervals (5pts.) Writethenumberforthesizeofeachinterval. Note Identification (8pts.) Writethenameofeachnoteonthelinesbelowthestaff. CAPMTStudentEvaluationsSyllabus2009 Level1 p.6
Key Signature Identification (4pts.) Nameeachkeysignature. major major major major Triad Identification (5pts.) Nameeachtriadandtellifitismajororminor.Thefirstonehasbeendoneasanexample. Fmajor 59Possiblepoints Studentpoints CAPMTStudentEvaluationsSyllabus2009 Level1 p.7