235$PIANO$PROFICIENCY$TEST$REQUIREMENTS$

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SCALES$
Major!and!minor!(harmonic!and!melodic)!scales,!4!octaves,!hands!together,!correct!fingerings!
(see!scale!charts!for!fingerings)!
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CHORD$PROGRESSIONS$$
Chord!progressions!(tonic!!!subdominant!!!tonic!!!dominant<seventh!!!tonic)!in!all!major!
and!minor!keys,!in!root!position!and!inversions!(see!bottommost!cadence!pattern!“Cadence!I<
IV<I<V7<I”)!
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ARPEGGIOS$
Major!and!minor!arpeggios,!4!octaves,!hands!together,!correct!fingerings!(see!arpeggio!charts!
for!fingerings)!
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HARMONIZATION$
Harmonize!all!melodies!(4!pages)!using!tonic,!subdominant,!and!dominant<seventh!chords!
(Improvised!left!hand!accompaniment!required;!block!chord!accompaniment!unacceptable).!!!
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TRANSPOSITION$
Transpose!all!melodies!(4!pages)!to!all!major!or!minor!keys.!!Left!hand!accompaniment!optional!!!
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PREPARED$SOLO$PIECE$
Prepare!one!solo!piano!work!of!an!appropriate!level!(minimum!difficulty:!Beethoven’s!Sonatina!
in!G!or!many!of!Kuhlau!or!Clementi!Sonatinas)!
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SIGHT$READING$
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G Major
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C sharp)
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A flat Major

B flat Major

F Vlajor
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A Minor melodic

B Minorhannonic

B Minor melodic
 F shaqpMinor harmopic

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A flat Mina hannonic (idclrtical with O sbup)

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E flat Minor melodic

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