PEABODY INSTITUTE OF THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY GADMA (Graduate Assistant and DMA Exam) For Theory Pedagogy and DMA Applicants and Prospective Assistants SAMPLE EXAMINATION FOR STUDY Interview Day Time Please Print All Information Last Name: First Name: Degree sought: Major Instrument: If you are not a piano major, rate your piano skills: None o Some o Modest o Good o Excellent o What schools have you attended since high school? What degrees have you earned? __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ What training have you had in music theory? Give a brief description, length of study, dates of study, and where studied? Harmony: Counterpoint: Form and Analysis: 20th Century Techniques: Have you taken this examination before? No 40: 41: 42: 43: o Yes o When? Full Graduate Theory Review Advanced Graduate Theory Review Exempt from Review; Do Not Interview Interview for Graduate Assistant _____|_____|_____ o o o o Code Code Code Code o o o Recommend 18th-century counterpoint Recommend 20th-century techniques Recommend both 18th-century counterpoint and 20th-century techniques 90 Minute Time Limit Faculty Examiners: ________________________________________________ GADMA: 2 of 7 SAMPLE EXAMINATION 1. In a four-part SATB style, complete the following figured bass and provide a Roman numeral analysis. 2. Harmonize the following melody in four-part SATB style. Provide a Roman numeral analysis. End with a Perfect Authentic Cadence. 3. Build the following modes/scales beginning on the notes indicated. GADMA: 3 of 7 SAMPLE EXAMINATION 4. For the following excerpt, provide both a harmonic and formal analysis. Provide a full Roman numeral analysis. Identify all cadences by type. Label all sections and phrases where appropriate. a) What is the name for the structure of this excerpt? ________________________________________________________ GADMA: 4 of 7 SAMPLE EXAMINATION TWENTIETH CENTURY MATERIALS. Build the following modes/scales/sets beginning on the notes indicated: Identify the following sonorities by writing the appropriate letter in the blank (N.B.: There are two more sonorities than blanks): Pentatonic Cluster ________ Dominant Ninth Chord ________ Quartal Tetrachord ________ Chromatic Cluster ________ Polychord ________ Whole Tone Chord ________ Quintal Tetrachord ________ Eleventh Chord ________ GADMA: 5 of 7 SAMPLE EXAMINATION COUNTERPOINT: Choose one example below (A, B, or C) that best represents your highest level of skill at counterpoint. Analysis is not required. Choose only one example. A. Continue the given canon for six to eight measures, ending in a perfect authentic (full) cadence. Break off the canon just before the cadence. GADMA: 6 of 7 SAMPLE EXAMINATION B. Complete the given example of two-voice counterpoint in the given style, ending with a perfect authentic cadence. GADMA: 7 of 7 SAMPLE EXAMINATION C. Write a three-voice fugue exposition based on the given subject.