IHS​ ​Class​ ​Piano​ ​Playing​ ​Test​ ​Assessment​ ​#3​​ ​ ​ ​ ​Levels​ ​1-2-3-4​ ​ ​ ​60​ ​points​ ​possible

December​ ​11,12,​ ​13,​ ​14,​ ​2017​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​Random​ ​order;​ ​no​ ​extensions!

Name:______________________________Student​ ​ID​ ​#__________________Period​ ​2​ ​4​ ​5​ ​6

Benchmark​ ​#3​ ​(Higher​ ​score​ ​will​ ​replace 10 8 6 Scores

previous​ ​Benchmark​ ​scores).
Task:​ ​6/8​ ​Compound​ ​Duple​ ​Meter​ ​Solos Always Mostly​ ​or Needs
P66​ ​(all)​ ​P​ ​67,​ ​Tarantella,​ ​Sunrise,​ ​Dreamland,​ ​Marionette’s
Funeral​ ​March:​ ​Piano​ ​2-4​ ​Approved​ ​solos Usually Practice

SKILL​ ​#1:​Harmonic​ ​Minor​ ​Scales​ ​and

Cadences:​ ​Am,​ ​Dm,​ ​Em:​ ​Choose​ ​one:
minimum​ ​tempo​ ​quarter=MM60

SKILL​ ​#2:​ ​Right​ ​Hand​ ​and​ ​Left​ ​Hand

coordination:
I​ ​have​ ​good​ ​posture​ ​and​ ​use​ ​correct​ ​hand
positions​ ​and​ ​appropriate​ ​fingerings.​ ​ ​I​ ​play​ ​on
my​ ​fingertips​ ​and​ ​produce​ ​a​ ​pleasant​ ​tone.
Hands​ ​are​ ​working​ ​together.​ ​16​ ​Measures
minimum​ ​on​ ​solo;​ ​pitches​ ​are​ ​accurate.

Skill​ ​#3​ ​Articulation,​ ​Dynamics,​ ​Tempo:​ ​ ​I

can​ ​play​ ​staccato,​ ​legato,​ ​and​ ​accents.​ ​ ​I
contrast​ ​dynamics​ ​applying​ ​p,​ ​mp,​ ​mf,​ ​f,
crescendo​ ​and​ ​decrescendo​ ​as​ ​marked.​ ​I​ ​follow
Tempo​ ​marks​ ​indicated.

SKILL​ ​#4:​ ​Rhythm​ ​and​ ​Meter:​​ ​I​ ​am​ ​able​ ​to

count​ ​out​ ​loud​ ​in​ ​compound​ ​duple​ ​meter​ ​(6​ ​beats​ ​per
measure,​ ​eighth​ ​note​ ​gets​ ​count)​ ​“1​ ​2​ ​3​ ​4​ ​5​ ​6”​ ​(slow
counting)​ ​or​ ​“1​ ​an​ ​da​ ​2​ ​an​ ​da”​ ​(fast​ ​counting).​ ​I
maintain​ ​a​ ​steady​ ​tempo​ ​no​ ​matter​ ​what!

SKILL​ ​#5:​ ​Balance

I​ ​play​ ​melody​ ​louder​ ​than​ ​the​ ​accompaniment
OR​ ​play​ ​hands​ ​equally​ ​when​ ​playing​ ​unison
melodies.​ ​ ​Hands​ ​are​ ​together​ ​executing
vertical​ ​Grand​ ​Staff​ ​notation.

Teacher’s​ ​Choice​ ​Sight​ ​Reading​ ​#6

SKILL​ ​#6:​ ​Note​ ​Reading:​ ​I​ ​can​ ​correctly

identify​ ​and​ ​execute​ ​diatonic​ ​pitches​ ​located
anywhere​ ​on​ ​the​ ​Grand​ ​Staff,​ ​including​ ​treble​ ​or
bass​ ​clef​ ​and​ ​leger​ ​lines.
Timed​ ​test:​ ​75​ ​seconds​ ​given​ ​for​ ​10​ ​pitches;
Students​ ​opting​ ​to​ ​test​ ​before​ ​official​ ​dates
will​ ​be​ ​given​ ​180​ ​seconds​ ​for​ ​this​ ​portion.