LEVEL 6 CompleteRequirements Repertoire Threepieces:onefromtheBaroqueorClassicalPeriod,onefromtheRomanticPeriod,and onefromthetwentiethcentury.twomustbememorized. Anthologies Publisher Alfred FJH Harris Kjos Summy Birchard MagrathJ.:MasterpieceswithFlair!,Books2and3;ModernMasterworks,vol.2 Faber:TheDevelopingArtistPianoLiterature,Book4 CelebrationSeriesPerspectives: PianoRepertoireLevel6and7 PianoEtudes,Level6 Snell,K.:PianoRepertoire,Level6 BaroqueandClassical Romanticand20 th Century Etudes SelectedSonatinas,Book3 Clark,F.: ContemporaryPianoLiterature,Book6, PianoLiterature,Books6A 6B AdditionalExamples Baroque Classical Romantic Bach,J.S.,18ShortPreludes,No.5of12,No.3of6,No.6of6 Kuhlau:Sonatinas,Op.20,No.1 3 rd movement,no.2 anymovement No.3 1 st and2 nd movements Beethoven:Bagatelles,op119,no.5andop.33,no.3 Mendelssohn:SixChildren spieces,op.76,nos.2,3,and4 Chopin:Mazurkas,Op.33,No.3;Op.67,No2;Op.68,No.3 20 TH Century Prokofiev:PiecesforChildren,Op.65,Nos.2,3,4,7,8,10,11and12 Kabalevsky:4Rondos,Op.60(any) CAPMTStudentEvaluationsSyllabus2009 Level6 p.1
Oral Questions Questionsmaybeaskedaboutmusicaltermsandsignsfoundinthestudent srepertoire.in addition,thestudentshouldknowthestyleperiodrepresentedbyeachpiece,aswellasone ormorefactsaboutthecomposer.iftherepertoireincludespiecesinbinary,rounded binary,ternary,orsonataallegroform,thestudentmaybeaskedtoidentifytheform. Technique Scales AbBCMajor fg#a harmonicminor Handstogether 4octaves q =80 Cadences ChromaticScale Four Note TonicChord Inversions DominantSeventh ChordInversions (V7) Arpeggios AbBCMajor fg#aminor Beginningonany key. AbBCMajor KeyofCMajor EbAbEMajor I IV I6/4 V7 I i iv i6/4 V7 i (RHchords,LHroot) Handstogether 2octaves Handstogether.Root positionandinversions. Broken.Upfirst,then down. Handstogether.Root positionandinversions. Broken.Upfirst,then down. Handstogether.4octaves. q q =72 q =60 Sight Reading Sightreadashortmusicalexample,equalindifficultytoaLevel4piece. Terms and Signs morendo animato marcato allargando ritenuto meno menomosso piu piumosso doloroso opus sostenuto modulation fp(fortepiano) deceptivecadence irregularmeter Albertibass Sonatina exposition development recapitulation SonataAllegroform manontroppo allabreve(cuttime) CAPMTStudentEvaluationsSyllabus2009 Level6 p.2
Composers Baroque Classical Romantic 20 th Century Bach Mozart Chopin Bartok Handel Beethoven Schumann Kabalevsky Music Literacy Thestudentisresponsibleforallterms,signs,andconceptsfrompreviouslevels. 1. Writescalesinwholenotesusingaccidentalsorakeysignature.Addtriadsplusa dominantseventhchordabovetheappropriatedegreesofharmonicminorscales andlabelthemwithromannumerals(i,ii o,iii+,iv,v7,vi,vii o ) Keys:C,G,D,A,E,B,F,Bb,Eb,Ab,DbMajor; c,a,d,e,g,bharmonicminor. 2. Writeoridentifykeysignatures.Keys:C,G,D,A,E,F,Bb,Eb,Ab,DbMajorand nametherelativeminor. 3. MatchRomannumeralswithnamesofprimaryandsecondarytriads. 4. Writeprimarytriadsin3positions,labelingthemwiththeappropriatefiguredbass. Keys:C,G,D,A,F,Bb,Eb,Major 5. Writedominantseventhchordsinrootposition. Keysignaturewillbegiven.C,G,D,F,Bb,EbMajor 6. WriteoridentifyMajor,minororPerfectintervalsaboveagivennote. 7. Addbarlinesortimesignaturesforrhythmsinvolving16 th notesandtriplets. 8. Writethefourmusicalstyleperiodsinchronologicalorder.Listdatesforeach. 9. Matchcomposerswithmusicalstyleperiods 10. Matchtermsandsignstotheirdefinitions. 11. NamethethreemainsectionsofSonatina[SonataAllegro]form.Locatethemina musicalexample. 12. Scoreanalysis:Questionswillinvolveconceptsfromthisandearlierlevels. Aural Training/Listening Skills 1. Intervalidentification:Allmajorandminorintervalsplusthetritone.Eachwillbe playedbrokenandsolid. 2. Identifyacadenceattheendofashortmusicalexampleasauthentic,plagal,half,or deceptive.therootwillbeplayedbythelefthandwithchordsintherighthand. 3. Identifythemeterofashortmusicalexampleas6/8or9/8. 4. Dictation:Writetherhythmofatwomeasuremelodyin4/4time. Notevalues:Eighthnotes,quarternotes,halfnotes. CAPMTStudentEvaluationsSyllabus2009 Level6 p.3
Level 6 Sample Written Test Scales and Chords (28pts.) Writethefollowingscalesinwholenotes. Addtriadsplusadominantseventhchordabovethenotesofthescale. LabelthemwithRomannumerals. Dbmajor dharmonicminor Key Signatures (6pts.) Writethekeysignaturesforthemajorkeysgivenandnametherelativeminorkeys. Major:Ab Major:E Major:Db minor: minor: minor: Primary Triads (6pts.) InthekeyofFmajor,writeeachoftheprimarytriadsin3positions(root,1 st inversion,and 2 nd inversion).labeleachtriadwithromannumeralsandfiguredbass.thetonicchordhas beendoneforyouasanexample. Rhythm (1pt.) Addthecorrecttimesignaturetotheexamplebelow. CAPMTStudentEvaluationsSyllabus2009 Level6 p.4
Matching (16pts.) deceptivecadence a.becomingslowerandoftenlouder,usuallyataclimax Albertibass b.thefirstsectionofsonata Allegroform piu c.butnottoomuch authenticcadence d.thethirdsectionofsonata Allegroform plagalcadence e.v vi(vi)orv7 vi(vi) meno f.iv I(iv i) allargando g.the6 th noteofascaleorkey development h.less exposition i.v I(i)orV7 I(i) recapitulation j.more modulation k.thesecondsectionofsonata Allegroform manontroppo l.akeychangewithinacomposition mediant m.the4 th noteofascaleorkey subdominant n.the2 nd noteofascaleorkey submediant o.the3 rd noteofascaleorkey supertonic p.anaccompanimentpatternusingabrokenthree note chordplayedbottom,top,middle,top Musical Style Periods (8pts.) Listthefourmusicalstyleperiodsinchronologicalorder.Giveapproximatedatesforeach one. to to to to Composers (8pts.) Matchthecomposerwiththeappropriatemusicalperiod.Write B forbaroque, C for Classical, R forromanticor T fortwentiethcentury. Bartok Beethoven Handel Kabalevsky Schumann Bach Chopin Mozart Intervals Writethedesignatedintervalaboveeachnote (4pts.) Perfect5th Major7thMajor6th Major2 nd CAPMTStudentEvaluationsSyllabus2009 Level6 p.5
Score Analysis (11pts.) 1. Whatdoesthetitle,Sonatina,mean? 2. Thispieceisinsonata allegroform.namethethreemainsectionsinthispiece. a. Firstsection b. Secondsection c. Thirdsection 3. Inthefirstsection: a. Thefirstthemebeginsinthekeyof. b. Thesecondthemebeginsinmeasure11andisinthekeyof. c. Isthisamodulation? 4. Measures30 37arerelatedtothe firsttheme secondtheme. 5. Whichtermbestdescribesthebassinmeasures2through9? figuredbass Albertibass ostinato 6. Thecadenceinmeasures63 64is: plagal half authentic deceptive 7. Whichtermbestdescribesthecompositionaltechniqueusedinmeasures37 41 andinmeasures41 44? repetition sequence imitation 88Possiblepoints Studentpoints Sonatina CAPMTStudentEvaluationsSyllabus2009 Level6 p.6
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