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LEVEL 10

CompleteRequirements

Repertoire

Threepieces:onefromtheBaroquePeriod,onefromtheClassicalPeriod,onefromtheRomanticPeriodorTwentiethCentury.Twopiecesmustbememorized.

Anthologies

Publisher

Alfred Magrath,J.:MasterpieceswithFlair!,Book3

Harris CelebrationSeriesPerspectives:PianoRepertoireLevel10

Kjos Snell,K.:PianoRepertoire,Level10• BaroqueandClassical• Romanticand20thCentury• Etudes

AdditionalSuggestions

Baroque Bach,J.S.:• WellTemperedClavier,Book.1:PreludesandFuguesNos.5,6,11,• WellTemperedClavier,Book.2:Nos.1,7,20• EnglishSuiteNo.2inaminor,AllemandeandGigue• FrenchSuiteNo.6inEMajor,AllemandeandGigue

Classical Beethoven:Sonatainfminor,Op.2,No.1Mozart:SonatainFMajor,K.332

Romantic Brahms:• IntermezzoinAMajor,Op.76,No.6• IntermezzoinEflatMajor,Op.117,No.1• Intermezzoinbflatminor,Op.117,No.2

Chopin:• Mazurkas,Op.30,No.4;Op.33,No.2• Nocturnes,Op.15,No.1;Op.27,No.3

20thCentury Debussy:• 2Arabesques• Preludes,Book1,Nos.1,6,9,12;Book2,Nos.1,2,5,6and9

Bartok:RoumanianFolkDances

Prokofiev:EpisodesOp.12,Nos.1and7

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Oral Questions

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

Technique

Scales

EBbCMajorc#gaharmonicandmelodicminor

Handstogether4octaves.

q =120

Cadences

EBbCMajor

I­vi­V6/5/V–V7­II–V7/IV–IV–V7­i

OctaveScales

EBbCMajor

Handstogether2octaves.

q =120

Four­NoteTonicandDiminishedSeventhChordInversions

c#gaMajor

Handstogether.Rootpositionandinversions.Blocked,thenbroken.

q

Tonic,DominantSeventh(V7)Arpeggios

EBbCMajor

Handstogether4octaves.

q =92

Tonic,DiminishedSeventh(viio7)Arpeggios

c#gaminor(beginontheleadingtoneofthescale)

Handstogether4octaves.

q =92

Sight Reading

Sightreadashortmusicalexample,equalindifficultytoaLevel8piece.

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Terms and Signs

fugue subject countersubject answer(tonalandreal) exposition episode melodicinversion retrogradeinversionanticipation suspension serialism 12‐tonerowatonality bitonality polytonality tonalcentertertianharmony quartalharmony Music Literacy

Thestudentisresponsibleforallterms,signs,andconceptsfrompreviouslevels.

1. WriteDorian,Phrygian,Lydian,orMixolydianmodesbeginningonD,E,ForG.

2. Writeoridentify5qualitiesof7thchords:Major7th,Dominant7th,minor7th,half‐diminished7th,fullydiminished7th.

3. Harmonicallyanalyzeamusicalexampleinvolvingmodulationandapivotchord.UseRomannumeralsandfiguredbass.

4. Identifynon‐harmonictonesinagivenmusicalexample:passingtones,upperandlowerneighboringtones,suspensions,anticipations,appoggiaturas.

5. BrieflyexplaintheformofthefirstmovementofaClassicalperiodconcerto.

6. NametwoormoreoftheoptionaldancesofaBaroqueSuite,listingtheircharacteristics.

7. AnalyzeaBachFugue:Locatesubject,countersubjectandanswerentries,episodes,cadencesandkeyareas,aswellasconceptscoveredinpreviouslevels.

8. Identifyretrograde,inversion,orretrogradeinversionofagiventonerow.

9. Matchtermsandsignstotheirdefinitions.

10. Identifythestyleperiodofmusicalexcerpts.

11. Scoreanalysis:Questionswillinvolveconceptsfromthisandearlierlevels.

Aural Training/Listening Skills

1. Intervalidentification:Allmajorandminorintervalsplusthetritone.Eachwillbeplayedbrokenonly.

2. IdentifyamodeasIonian,Dorian,Phrygian,Lydian,Mixolydian,orAeolian.

3. Identifythestyleperiod(Baroque,Classical,Romantic,20thCenturyorImpressionistic)ofamusicalexample.

4. Writethebasslineofa2partmusicalexample(4measures).Thetreblelinewillbegiven.

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Level10SampleWrittenTest

Intervals _____(4pts.)

Writetheintervalsbeloweachnoteasindicated.

M3belowm6belowm2belowaug.4below

Matching _____(11pts.)

___quartalharmony a.Apitcharoundwhichthemusiccenters.

___anticipation b.Acontrapuntalforminwhichthesubjectappearsconsecutivelyineachvoice.Appearancesofthesubjectalternatewithepisodes.

___tonalcenter c.Anon‐harmonictonecarriedoverfromapreviouschordwhereitwasharmonic

___diminution d.Referstomusicwhichhasnotonalcenter

___tertianharmony e.Harmonybuiltontheintervalofafourth.

___bitonality f.Sectionsofafugueinwhichthesubjectisnotpresent.

___episode g.Harmonybuiltontheintervalofathird.

___suspension h.Aformofrepetitioninwhichnotevaluesaredoubled.

___augmentation i.Referstomusichavingtwotonalcenters.

___atonality j.Aformofrepetitioninwhichnotevaluesarehalved.

___fugue k.Anotebetweentwochords,dissonanttothefirstandconsonanttothesecond.

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Modes _____(6pts.)

WriteascaleinDorianmodebeginningonthegivennote.

SeventhChords _____(4pts.)

Writethechordsindicated,usingthegivennoteastheroot.

minor7th major7th halfdiminished7th fullydiminished7th

MusicalExcerpt _____(15pts.)

ThefollowingquestionsrefertothemusicalexampleSonata,KV331byMozart,secondmovement.

1. Themusicwaswrittenduringthe___________________________Period

2. Identifythecirclednon‐harmonictonesinthefollowingmeasures:

20______________________21______________________

3. WritetheRomannumeralsandfiguredbassfortheunderlinedchordsinmeasure4onthelinesprovidedbelow.

________________

4. Identifythetypeofcadenceinmeasure10.___________________

5. Anewkeybeginsinmeasure11.Identifythekey.____________________

6. Whatisitsrelationshiptotheoriginalkey?____________________________________________

7. Measure11containsapivotchord.GivetheRomannumeralsforthischord:

Intheoriginalkey______Inthenewkey_______

8. Anewkeybeginsinmeasure19.Identifythekey._____________________

9. Whatisitsrelationshiptotheoriginalkey?_____________________

10. Anewkeybeginsinmeasure23.Identifythekey._____________________

11. Whatisitsrelationshiptotheoriginalkey?_____________________

12. WhatisthemostlikelytempoindicationforthefirstmovementofthisSonata?

___Adagio ___Allegro ___Lento

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TheBaroqueDanceSuite

NametwooptionaldancesfromtheBaroquedancesuiteandlistthecharacteristicsofeach.____________________ __________________________________________________________________(4pts.)

____________________ _____________________________________________________________

ToneRows _____(3pts.)

Thefollowing12‐tonerowisusedinthefirstpieceofErnstKrenek’s12ShortPianoPieces,Op.83.

Identifytheformoftherowthatisusedinthefollowingexamplesonthelinebeneaththeexample:inversion,retrograde,orretrogradeinversion.(Note:Anaccidentalappliesonlytothenotethatimmediatelyfollows.)

____________________________

____________________________

____________________________

ScoreAnalysis _____(15pts.)

ThefollowingquestionsrefertoFugueXXI,WTCbook1,byBach

1. Labeleachappearanceofthesubject(S),countersubject(CS),oranswer(A)wherevertheyoccurthroughoutthefugue.

2. Findandlabeltwoormoreexamplesofsequences(seq.).

3. Bymeasurenumbers,locateareasofthefuguewhichhavemodulatedtothefollowingkeys:

Fmajor: ______________________________________

Gminor: ______________________________________

Ebmajor: ______________________________________

Cminor: ______________________________________

45Possiblepoints _____Studentpoints

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