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135 PIANO PROFICIENCY TEST REQUIREMENTS SCALES Major and minor (harmonic and melodic) scales, 2 octaves, hands together, correct fingerings (see attached scale charts for fingering) TRIADS Major and minor triads, in root position and inversions, 2 octaves, hands together, correct fingerings (see “Inversions of Triad”) CHORD PROGRESSIONS Chord progressions (tonic à subdominant à tonic à dominant-­‐seventh à tonic) in all major and minor keys, in root position and inversions (see bottommost cadence pattern “Cadence I-­‐
IV-­‐I-­‐V7-­‐I”) HARMONIZATION Harmonize all melodies (3 pages) using tonic, subdominant, and dominant-­‐seventh chords (block chord, left hand accompaniment). TRANSPOSITION Transpose all melodies (3 pages) one half step above and below the original key and one whole step above and below the original key (block chord, left hand accompaniment required). For example, transpose My Little Hans (original key: G minor) to the following keys: F minor, F# minor, G# minor, and A minor. PREPARED SOLO PIECE Prepare one solo piano work of an appropriate level (minimum difficulty: Menuet from Bach’s Anna Magdalena Notebook or a work from Schumann’s Album for the Young). Memorization is not required. SIGHT READING rlano
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