LEVEL 6 complete - CAPMT

CAPMTStudentEvaluationsSyllabus2009 Level6–p.1

LEVEL 6 CompleteRequirements

Repertoire

Threepieces:onefromtheBaroqueorClassicalPeriod,onefromtheRomanticPeriod,andonefromtheTwentiethCentury.Twomustbememorized.

Anthologies

Publisher

Alfred MagrathJ.:MasterpieceswithFlair!,Books2and3;ModernMasterworks,vol.2

FJH Faber:TheDevelopingArtistPianoLiterature,Book4

Harris CelebrationSeriesPerspectives:

• PianoRepertoireLevel6and7• PianoEtudes,Level6

Kjos Snell,K.:PianoRepertoire,Level6

• BaroqueandClassical• Romanticand20thCentury• Etudes• SelectedSonatinas,Book3

Summy-Birchard Clark,F.:

• ContemporaryPianoLiterature,Book6,• PianoLiterature,Books6A-6B

AdditionalExamples

Baroque Bach,J.S.,18ShortPreludes,No.5of12,No.3of6,No.6of6

Classical Kuhlau:Sonatinas,Op.20,No.1-3rdmovement,No.2-anymovementNo.3-1stand2ndmovements

Beethoven:Bagatelles,op119,no.5andop.33,no.3

Romantic Mendelssohn:SixChildren’sPieces,Op.76,Nos.2,3,and4

Chopin:Mazurkas,Op.33,No.3;Op.67,No2;Op.68,No.3

20THCentury Prokofiev:PiecesforChildren,Op.65,Nos.2,3,4,7,8,10,11and12

Kabalevsky:4Rondos,Op.60(any)


Oral Questions

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

Technique

Scales

AbBCMajorfg#aharmonicminor

Handstogether4octaves

q =80

Cadences

AbBCMajorfg#aminor

I-IV-I6/4–V7-Ii–iv–i6/4–V7-i(RHchords,LHroot)

q

ChromaticScale

Beginningonanykey.

Handstogether2octaves

q =72

Four-NoteTonicChordInversions

AbBCMajor

Handstogether.Rootpositionandinversions.Broken.Upfirst,thendown.

DominantSeventhChordInversions(V7)

KeyofCMajor

Handstogether.Rootpositionandinversions.Broken.Upfirst,thendown.

Arpeggios

EbAbEMajor

Handstogether.4octaves. q =60

Sight Reading

Sightreadashortmusicalexample,equalindifficultytoaLevel4piece.

Terms and Signs

morendo animato marcato allargandoritenuto meno menomosso piu piumosso doloroso opus sostenutomodulation fp(fortepiano) deceptivecadence irregularmeterAlbertibass Sonatina exposition development recapitulation SonataAllegroform manontroppo allabreve(cuttime)


Composers

Baroque Classical Romantic 20thCenturyBach Mozart Chopin Bartok Handel Beethoven Schumann Kabalevsky

Music Literacy

Thestudentisresponsibleforallterms,signs,andconceptsfrompreviouslevels.

1. Writescalesinwholenotesusingaccidentalsorakeysignature.AddtriadsplusadominantseventhchordabovetheappropriatedegreesofharmonicminorscalesandlabelthemwithRomannumerals(i,iio,III+,iv,V7,VI,viio) Keys:C,G,D,A,E,B,F,Bb,Eb,Ab,DbMajor; c,a,d,e,g,bharmonicminor.

2. Writeoridentifykeysignatures.Keys:C,G,D,A,E,F,Bb,Eb,Ab,DbMajorandnametherelativeminor.

3. MatchRomannumeralswithnamesofprimaryandsecondarytriads.

4. Writeprimarytriadsin3positions,labelingthemwiththeappropriatefiguredbass.Keys:C,G,D,A,F,Bb,Eb,Major

5. Writedominantseventhchordsinrootposition.Keysignaturewillbegiven.C,G,D,F,Bb,EbMajor

6. WriteoridentifyMajor,minororPerfectintervalsaboveagivennote.

7. Addbarlinesortimesignaturesforrhythmsinvolving16thnotesandtriplets.

8. Writethefourmusicalstyleperiodsinchronologicalorder.Listdatesforeach.

9. Matchcomposerswithmusicalstyleperiods

10. Matchtermsandsignstotheirdefinitions.

11. NamethethreemainsectionsofSonatina[SonataAllegro]form.Locatetheminamusicalexample.

12. Scoreanalysis:Questionswillinvolveconceptsfromthisandearlierlevels.

Aural Training/Listening Skills

1. Intervalidentification:Allmajorandminorintervalsplusthetritone.Eachwillbeplayedbrokenandsolid.

2. Identifyacadenceattheendofashortmusicalexampleasauthentic,plagal,half,ordeceptive.Therootwillbeplayedbythelefthandwithchordsintherighthand.

3. Identifythemeterofashortmusicalexampleas6/8or9/8.

4. Dictation:Writethenotesandrhythmofatwomeasuremelodyin4/4time.

Notevalues:Eighthnotes,quarternotes,halfnotes.


Level 6 Sample Written Test

Scales and Chords ____(28pts.)

Writethefollowingscalesinwholenotes.

• Addtriadsplusadominantseventhchordabovethenotesofthescale.• LabelthemwithRomannumerals.

Dbmajor

dharmonicminor

Key Signatures ____(6pts.)

Writethekeysignaturesforthemajorkeysgivenandnametherelativeminorkeys.

Major:Ab Major:E Major:Db minor:____ minor:____ minor:___

Primary Triads ____(6pts.)

InthekeyofFmajor,writeeachoftheprimarytriadsin3positions(root,1stinversion,and2ndinversion).LabeleachtriadwithRomannumeralsandfiguredbass.Thetonicchordhasbeendoneforyouasanexample.

Rhythm ____(1pt.)

Addthecorrecttimesignaturetotheexamplebelow.


Matching ____(16pts.)

___deceptivecadence a.becomingslowerandoftenlouder,usuallyataclimax

___Albertibass b.thefirstsectionofSonata-Allegroform

___piu c.butnottoomuch

___authenticcadence d.thethirdsectionofSonata-Allegroform

___plagalcadence e.V–vi(VI)orV7–vi(VI)

___meno f.IV–I(iv–i)

___allargando g.the6thnoteofascaleorkey

___development h.less

___exposition i.V–I(i)orV7–I(i)

___recapitulation j.more

___modulation k.thesecondsectionofSonata-Allegroform

___manontroppo l.akeychangewithinacomposition

___mediant m.the4thnoteofascaleorkey

___subdominant n.the2ndnoteofascaleorkey

___submediant o.the3rdnoteofascaleorkey

___supertonic p.anaccompanimentpatternusingabrokenthree-note chordplayedbottom,top,middle,top

Musical Style Periods ____(8pts.)

Listthefourmusicalstyleperiodsinchronologicalorder.Giveapproximatedatesforeachone. ________________________________________________________________

_____to__________to__________to__________to_____

Composers ____(8pts.)

Matchthecomposerwiththeappropriatemusicalperiod.Write“B”forBaroque,“C”forClassical,“R”forRomanticor“T”forTwentiethCentury.

___Bartok ___Beethoven ___Handel ___Kabalevsky

___Schumann ___Bach ___Chopin ___Mozart

Intervals Writethedesignatedintervalaboveeachnote ____(4pts.)


Perfect5th Major7thMajor6th Major2nd

Score Analysis ____(11pts.)

1. Whatdoesthetitle,Sonatina,mean?_______________________

2. Thispieceisinsonata-allegroform.Namethethreemainsectionsinthispiece.

a. Firstsection_____________________b. Secondsection___________________ c. Thirdsection____________________

3. Inthefirstsection:

a. Thefirstthemebeginsinthekeyof___________.b. Thesecondthemebeginsinmeasure11andisinthekeyof__________.c. Isthisamodulation?_____________

4. Measures30–37arerelatedtothe___firsttheme___secondtheme.

5. Whichtermbestdescribesthebassinmeasures2through9?___figuredbass___Albertibass___ostinato

6. Thecadenceinmeasures63-64is:___plagal___half___authentic___deceptive

7. Whichtermbestdescribesthecompositionaltechniqueusedinmeasures37–41andinmeasures41–44?___repetition___sequence___imitation

88Possiblepoints _____Studentpoints

Sonatina




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