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            

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