LEVEL 7 CompleteRequirements Repertoire Threepieces:onefromtheBaroquePeriod,onefromtheClassicalPeriod,onefromthe RomanticPeriodorTwentiethCentury.Twopiecesmustbememorized. Anthologies Publisher Alfred FJH Harris Kjos MagrathJ.:Encore!Books2and3 MasterpieceswithFlair!Book3 Faber:TheDevelopingArtist PianoLiterature,Book4 PianoSonatinas,Book4 CelebrationSeriesPerspectives: PianoRepertoire,Level7;Etudes,Level7 Snell,K.:PianoRepertoire,Level7 BaroqueandClassical Romanticand20 th Century Etudes SelectedSonatinas,Book3 FirstSonataAlbum AdditionalExamples Baroque Classical Romantic Bach,J.S.:2PartInventions,Nos.2,4,6,10,14 Clementi:Sonatinas,Op.36,No.4andOp.4,No.1 Schumann: AlbumfortheYoung,Op.68,Nos.30and35 ScenesfromChildhood,Op.15,Nos.3,5,8and12 AlbumLeaves,Op.124 20 th Century Kabalevsky: FourRondos,op.60,nos.1,2and3, EasyVariations,op51,no.4 CAPMTStudentEvaluationsSyllabus2009 Level7 p.1
Sight Reading Sightreadashortmusicalexample,equalindifficultytoaLevel5piece. Oral Questions Questionsmaybeaskedaboutmusicaltermsandsignsfoundinthestudent srepertoire.in addition,thestudentshouldknowthestyleperiodrepresentedbyeachpiece,aswellasone ormorefactsaboutthecomposer.iftherepertoireincludespiecesinbinary,rounded binary,ternary,orsonataallegroform,thestudentmaybeaskedtoidentifytheform. Technique Scales BbFDMajor gdb harmonicand melodicminor Handstogether 4octaves q =92 Cadences ChromaticScale Four Note TonicChord Inversions Dominant SeventhChord Inversions(V7) BbFDMajor gdaminor Beginningonany key. BbFDMajor BbFDMajor (beginonthe5 th noteofthescale) I IV ii6 V7 I i iv ii o 6 V7 i Handstogether 2octaves Handstogether.Root positionandinversions. Broken.Upfirst,then down. Handstogether.Root positionandinversions. Broken.Upfirst,then down. q q =92 Tonic,Dominant Seventh(V7) Arpeggios BbFDMajor Handstogether 4octaves. q =72 CAPMTStudentEvaluationsSyllabus2009 Level7 p.2
Terms and Signs chordaltexture homophonictexture polyphonictexture canon Invention themeandvariations non harmonictones passingtones upperandlowerneighbors Albertibass accelerando rallentando confuoco giocoso grazioso sempre senza sopra pesante lento Composers Baroque Classical Romantic 20 th Century Bach Mozart Chopin Bartok Handel Beethoven Schumann Kabalevsky Scarlatti Haydn Brahms Prokofiev Telemann Clementi Grieg Shostakovich Aural Training/Listening Skills Identifythequalityofrootpositionchordsasmajor,minor,augmented,diminished, ordominant7th. Identifythetextureofamusicalexampleashomophonic,polyphonic,orchordal. Identifyascaleasmajor,naturalminor,harmonicminor,orchromatic. Dictation:Writeafourmeasuremelodyin2/4time. Timesignature,keysignatureandfirstnotewillbegiven. Intervalswillbenolargerthana5 th. Notevalues:sixteenthnotes,eighthnotes,quarternotes,halfnotes. CAPMTStudentEvaluationsSyllabus2009 Level7 p.3
Music Literacy Thestudentisresponsibleforallterms,signs,andconceptsfrompreviouslevels. Writeanymajorscaleanditsrelativeharmonicormelodicminorscale. Writethecircleoffifths,includingenharmonickeys. Writeoridentifydominant7 th (V7)chordsinallpositions.Labelthemwithfigured bass. Reducea4notechordinopenposition(atriadwithonenotedoubled)toa3note triadincloseposition. Example: Identifypassingtonesand/orupperandlowerneighborsinamusicalexample. Writeoridentifyaugmentedordiminishedintervalsaboveagivennote. Matchmusicalstyleperiodswithcomposers. Matchtermsandsignstotheirdefinitions. Locateappearancesofthemaintheme(subject)andidentifythetonalityof cadencesinabachinvention. Identifythetextureofamusicalexampleashomophonic,polyphonic,orchordal. Scoreanalysis:Questionswillinvolveconceptsfromthisandearlierlevels. CAPMTStudentEvaluationsSyllabus2009 Level7 p.4
Level 7 Sample Written Test Scales (4pts.) WritetheAbmajorscaleanditsrelativemelodicminor. Intervals (5pts.) Writetheindicatedintervalabovethegivennote. diminished5 th augmented4 th augmented3 rd diminished6 th diminished7 th Composers (6pts.) Matchthecomposerwiththeappropriatemusicalperiod.Write B forbaroque, C for Classical, R forromanticor T fortwentiethcentury. Shostakovich Brahms Grieg Haydn Telemann Prokofiev Matching (11pts.) confuoco a.above;right(orlefthand)abovetheother accelerando b.without pesante c.graduallygettingfaster lento d.humorous,playful canon e.always senza f.graceful sopra g.inaheavy,firmmanner rallentando h.slow giocoso i.withfire grazioso j.graduallyslowinginspeed sempre k.polyphonyinwhichonepartoverlapsanotherplayingthe samemelody CAPMTStudentEvaluationsSyllabus2009 Level7 p.5
Circle of Fifths (12pts.) CompletetheMajorandminorcircleoffifths,includingenharmonickeys. C a Chord Reduction (3pts.) Reducethegivenchordtoathree notechordwiththenotesspacedascloselyaspossible, usingthegivennoteasthelowestnote. (example) Dominant Sevenths (4pts.) WriteadominantseventhchordinallfourpositionsinthekeyofEMajor,usingakey signature.labeleachchordwithromannumeralsandfiguredbass. CAPMTStudentEvaluationsSyllabus2009 Level7 p.6
Musical Excerpt (4pts.) Namethelefthandaccompanimentpatterninmeasure1. Namethecirclednon harmonictonesinmeasure2. A B Whatisthetextureofthemusic? homophonic polyphonic Score Analysis (12pts.) ThefollowingquestionsrefertothemusicalexampleInvention7byBach. Identifythefollowingkeyareas: a)thebeginningkeyofthepiece b) Thekeyofthecadenceinmeasures6 7 c) Thekeyofthecadenceinmeasure9 d) Thekeyofthecadenceinmeasure23 c)thekeyareafrommeasure11tothemiddleofmeasure13 Whatisthetextureofthemusic? homophonic polyphonic Namethecompositionaldeviceusedinthebassclefofmeasures13 14. Nametheornamentinmeasure1. Nametheornamentinmeasure2. Inthemusicalexample,markthreeormoreentrancesoftheopeningthemeor subject,usingthelettert. 59Possiblepoints Studentpoints CAPMTStudentEvaluationsSyllabus2009 Level7 p.7
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