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LEVEL 9

CompleteRequirements

Repertoire

Threepieces:onefromtheBaroqueorClassicalPeriod,onefromtheRomanticPeriod,andonefromtheTwentiethCentury.Twomustbememorized.

Anthologies

Publisher

Alfred Bigler,C.,andLloyd‐Watts,V.,RecitalWinners,Vol.2

FJH Faber:TheDevelopingArtist

• PianoLiterature,Book4• PianoSonatinas,Book4

Harris CelebrationSeriesPerspectives:PianoRepertoireLevel9,PianoEtudesLevel9

Kjos Snell,K.:PianoRepertoire,Level9

• BaroqueandClassical• Romanticand20thCentury• Etudes

AdditionalSuggestions

Baroque Bach,J.S.:WellTemperedClavier,PreludesandFugues

• Vol.1,Nos.1,9,11and16• Vol.2,Nos.2,6,12,15,and24

Classical Mozart:Sonatas,K.282(1stor3rdmvt.),K.309(1stmvt.),K.311(1stmvt.)

Romantic Chopin:

• Nocturnes,op.15,no.2,op.62,no.2,op.72,no.1,• Prelude,op.45,• Waltzes,op.70,nos.1and3

20thCentury Debussy:Children’sCornerSuite,TheSnowisDancing

Bartok:AllegroBarbaroandTenEasyPieces,BearDance

Prokofiev:VisionesFugitives,op.22,nos.7,9,12,13,14,15,18,19and20

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Oral Questions

Questionsmaybeaskedaboutmusicaltermsandsignsfoundinthestudent’srepertoire.Inaddition,thestudentshouldknowthestyleperiodrepresentedbyeachpiece,aswellasoneormorefactsaboutthecomposer.Iftherepertoireincludespiecesinbinary,roundedbinary,ternary,orSonataAllegroform,thestudentmaybeaskedtoidentifytheform.

Technique

Scales

AbDbBMajorfbbg#harmonicandmelodicminor

Handstogether4octaves.

q =112

Cadences

AbDbBMajorfbbg#minor

I­vi­ii6–V7­Ii–VI–iio6–V7­i

OctaveScales

AbDbMajor

Handstogether2octaves.

q =112

Four­NoteTonicandDominantSeventhChordInversions

AbDbBMajor

Handstogether.Rootpositionandinversions.Blocked,thenbroken.

q

Tonic,DominantSeventh(V7)Arpeggios

AbDbBMajor

Handstogether4octaves.

q =84

Tonic,DiminishedSeventh(viio7)Arpeggios

fbbg#minor(beginontheleadingtoneofthescale)

Handstogether4octaves.

q =84

Sight Reading

Sightreadashortmusicalexample,equalindifficultytoaLevel7piece.

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Terms and Signs

Baroquedancesuite allemande courante corrente

sarabande gigue(jig,giga) doubledottednotes toccata

transposition assai attacca rubato

sottovoce calando smorzando grave

segue tempogiusto

Composers

Baroque Classical Romantic Impressionistic 20thCentury

Bach Mozart Chopin Debussy Bartok

Handel Beethoven Schumann Ravel Kabalevsky

Scarlatti Haydn Brahms Prokofiev

Telemann Clementi Grieg Shostakovich

Vivaldi Schubert Khachaturian

Tchaikovsky

Mendelssohn

Aural Training/Listening Skills

• Identifyascaleasmajor,naturalminor,harmonicminor,melodicminor,chromatic,whole‐tone,orpentatonic.

• Identifyachordasdominant7th(anyposition)ordiminished7th.

• Identifyacadenceattheendofashortmusicalexampleasauthentic,plagal,half,ordeceptive.Therootwillbeplayedbythelefthandwithchordsintherighthand.

• Dictation:Writea4measuremelodyin4/4time.

Keysignature,timesignatureandfirstnotewillbegiven.

Notevalues:sixteenthnotes,eighthnotes,quarternotes,halfnotes

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Music Literacy

Thestudentisresponsibleforallterms,signs,andconceptsfrompreviouslevels.

• WriteapentatonicscalebeginningonDb,Eb,orF.

• Writeafullydiminishedseventhchordinrootpositiononagivennote.

• Writeoridentifyanysecondarydominant.

• Writethebasslineandmiddletwovoicesofamusicalexampleinfour‐partharmony.Sopranoandfiguredbasswillbegiven.Voiceleadingwillnotbeevaluated.

• Writeanyintervalbelowagivennote.

• Transposeagivenmelodyupamajor2ndoraperfect5th.Writethenewkeysignature.

• Matchcomposerswithmusicalstyleperiods.

• Identifythestyleperiodofmusicalexcerpts.

• Writecountsforrhythmsinvolvingdoubledottednotes.

• Rewritearhythmusingaugmentationordiminution.

• Matchtermsandsignstotheirdefinitions.

• Demonstrateanunderstandingofthesonataasawhole(classicalperiod).

Includethefollowing:

1.Numberofmovements

2.Arrangementofmovementsaccordingtoformandtempo.

• NamethestandarddancesoftheBaroquedancesuite.

• Scoreanalysis:Questionswillinvolveconceptsfromthisandearlierlevels.

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Level 9 Sample Written Test

Scales and Chords

1.WriteapentatonicscalebeginningonEb. _____(4pts.)

2.Writeafullydiminishedseventhchordoneachofthegivennotes. _____(4pts.)

3.Identifyeachsecondarydominantchord,usingRomannumeralsandfiguredbass.

_____(4pts.)

Bbmajor:___of___Bmajor:___of___fminor:___of___Amajor:___of___

Harmonization _____(12pts.)

Writethebasslineandaddtwomiddlevoicestotheexamplebelow.Voiceleadingwillnotbeevaluated.

Transposition _____(12pts.)

Transposethismelodyupamajor2ndonthestaffbelow.Writethenewkeysignatureandcopythetimesignature.

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Rhythm

1. Write the counts under the notes. _____ (8 pts.)

2.Rewritethisrhythmusingaugmentation. _____(8pts.)

Composers ____(10pts.)Matchthecomposerwiththeappropriatemusicalperiod.Write“B”forBaroque,“C”forClassical,“R”forRomantic.“I”forImpressionisticor“T”forTwentiethCentury.

___Bartok ___Mozart

___Tchaikovsky ___Telemann

___Scarlatti ___Haydn

___Brahms ___Shostakovich

___Ravel ___Chopin

Matching _____(10pts.)

___rubato a.Startatthenextmovementwithoutabreak

___sottovoce b.Aslowdanceintripletime.

___segue c.Getslowerandsofter.

___calando d.Subdued,inanundertone.

___sarabande e.Arhythmicdevicesuperimposingtwobeatsinthetimeofthree,orthreebeatsinthetimeoftwo.

___courante f.Adanceinmoderatetime,mostoftenin4/4or2/4 meter.___attacca g.Slightflexibilityoftempo

___hemiola h.Thenextsectionfollowswithoutabreak

___gigue i.Afastdanceintripletime.

___allemande j.Alivelydanceincompoundtime.

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Musical Excerpts ____(9pts)

1.

a. ThismusicalexamplewaswrittenbyChopinduringthe___________________period.

b. Theterm,leggiero,means________________________.

c. Thetextureofthemusicis____________________.

d. Thecompositionaltechniqueillustratediscalled:

___triplet___compoundmeter___polytonality___hemiola

2.

a. Theexamplewasmostlikelywrittenduringthe______________________[period].

b. Thelefthandaccompanimentpatternofthisexampleisbestdescribedas:___repetition___sequence___ostinato___sottovoce

c. TheItaliantermforthetimesignature“cuttime”is______________________.

d. Thearticulationmarkingunderthelasttworighthandchordsiscalled________.

e. Themarking,moltomarcato,means___________________________________.

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Score Analysis ____(17pts.)

Answerthefollowingquestionsaboutthemusicalexampleonthenexttwopages.

1. Thehistoricalperiodrepresentedisthe_________________________period.

2. AnAllemandeis__________________________________________.

3. Identifythekeyandmodeofthepiece.________________________

4. Theformalstructureis:___sonata___binary___roundedbinary___ternary

5. Circleapassingtoneandalowerneighboringtoneinmeasureone.LabelthemPT

andLN

6. Measures3and4areexamplesofa(n):___episode___exposition___sequence

7. Theornamentinmeasuretwoiscalleda___________________

8. Theornamentinmeasurefouriscalleda___________________

9. Theornamentinmeasuresixiscalleda____________________

10. Identifythekeyandmodeofthecadenceineachofthefollowingmeasures.

measure6_____________

measure8_____________

measure10______________

measure12_____________

measure14_____________

11. Identifytheboxedsecondarydominantsinmeasure15.

AV7of_______ BV7of________

98Possiblepoints _____Studentpoints

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