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1 Student orm Name: orps: The M.A.P. piano curriculum aims to give the piano student a functional facility in reading notated hymns (for accompanying congregational singing and playing offertories), as well as playing choruses by ear or using chord charts. It is recommended that all the following areas be completed before proceeding to a higher level: METHOD BOOK - Exercises to be completed before evaluation. SALES, ARPEGGIOS and ADENES - rom memory, ascending and descending in the tempo marked. Always practice triads with the proper fingering. *See note regarding dead-weight starting in Level THREE. SOLO WORK - Two solos per level - one performed in public and a different solo performed for evaluation. In levels OUR and IVE, three solos are required. Each solo should be chosen from a different column. THEORY - ompleted at level, correlated with Theory M.A.P. form. WORSHIP PREP - Beginning at Level TWO, students are introduced to playing worship and Sunday School choruses from a lead sheet, starting with basic chord construction and progressing to more advanced chord forms. SIGHT-READING - At grade level, must be 90% correct.

2 LESSON PLANS OR PRIMER Piano Level METHOD BOOK SALES (memorized) SOLO WORK A Bastien Piano Basics Level Primer, Pages - (introduction to keyboard) to G Major scale ascending and descending, hands separate st Level PRIMER Solo correct fingerings and rhythms, slow tempo B Pages - ( position, separate hands) to G Major scale ascending and descending, hands together orrect fingerings and rhythms, performance tempo Pages 6- (introduce staff reading - to G, treble and bass clef) - E - G arpeggio ascending and descending, hands separate Phrasing and dynamics D Pages -0 (nd, rd and th intervals from ) to G interval drill (-, -, -, - and in reverse), hands separate nd Level PRIMER Solo correct fingerings and rhythms, slow tempo E Pages - (middle position) to G Major scale in contrary motion from middle c position, hands together orrect fingerings and rhythms, performance tempo Pages -6 (G position) G to D Major scale (G position) and G - B - D arpeggio, hands together Phrasing and dynamics Perform for Evaluator EVALUATOR EVALUATOR EVALUATOR INGER POSITIONS LET HAND RIGHT HANDMIDDLE Position LET HAND Position IDDLEG MRIGHT HAND / LET HAND/RIGHT HANDMIDDLEMiddle Position Piano Level PRIMER ompletion: Evaluator Name Date

3 P THEORY excellence in Theory, Book, Pages - (staff, treble and bass clef) Pages 6-9 (ear training, qhw, measures and barlines, time signatures) Pages 0- (counting, QHW, time signatures, ear training) INSTRUTOR INITIALS & DATE SIGHT READING Title:_ Evaluation Score:_ Date:_ INGER NUMBERS Pages -6 (ledger lines, grand staff) Pages 7-0 (/, /, / counting, h. ties vs. slurs) Page (ear training) Level PRIMER Test Left Hand Right Hand EVALUATOR SOLOS Public Solo Title: Date ompleted: Evaluation Solo Title: Date ompleted: Recommended Level PRIMER Solos OERTORY SOLOS (Pick one from this column) Bastien Piano Basics - Primer Aura Lee (page 0) Scarborough air (page ) Bastien Popular Hymns - Primer Any hymn from book LASSIAL SOLOS (Pick one from this column) Bastien Piano Basics - Primer The Singing Donkey (page ) Indian Dance (page 60) Jingle Bells (page 6) Bastien hristmas - Primer Any hymn from book

4 LESSON PLANS OR ONE Piano Level METHOD BOOK SALES SOLO WORK A Bastien Piano Basics Level One, Pages - (I, V7 in Major, introduce # and Eb Major) ull Major scale ( to ) in contrary motion, ascending and descending st Level ONE Solo correct fingerings and rhythms, slow tempo B Pages - (I, V7 in Major, stacatto, introduce Bb and Db Major) Major scale in parallel motion, hands together orrect fingerings and rhythms, performance tempo Pages -7 (G position, major and minor) G Major scale, hands together Phrasing and dynamics D Pages 8-7 (I, V7 in G Major, introduce A# and Ab Major, plus pedal) Major scale and arpeggio, hands together nd Level ONE Solo correct fingerings and rhythms, low tempo E Pages 8- (changing hand positions:,, G using e and q.) G Major scale and arpeggio, hands together orrect fingerings and rhythms, performance tempo Pages 6- (cancelling flats and sharps with natural signs) to G chromatic scale, ascending and descending, hands separate Phrasing and dynamics Perform for Evaluator EVALUATOR EVALUATOR EVALUATOR INGER POSITIONS LET HAND RIGHT HANDMIDDLE Position LET HAND Position IDDLEG MB Piano Level ONE ompletion: Evaluator Name RIGHT HAND LET HAND Position IDDLE M RIGHT HAND Date

5 THEORY excellence in Theory, Book, Pages - (erye q.) Pages 6-9 (ear training, sharps, flats) Pages 0- (naturals, accidentals, half and whole steps, ear training, enharmonics) Pages -7 (tetrachords, major scales, ear training) Pages 8- (scale degrees, sharp scales, flat scales) Pages and (bass clef and ledger lines) Level ONE Test EVALUATOR INSTRUTOR INITIALS & DATE SIGHT READING Title:_ Evaluation Score:_ Date:_ SOLOS THE DAMPER PEDAL The pedal on the right is the Damper pedal. It is used to hold tones. This sign shows when to press and lift the damper pedal. Press the damper pedal with your right foot. Keep your heel on the floor when you use the pedal. Public Solo Title: Date ompleted: Evaluation Solo Title: Date ompleted: OERTORY SOLOS (Pick one from this column) Bastien Piano Basics - Level One Bravery at Sea Lightly Row (page 9) Swingin! Beat (pages 0-) Morning Prelude (page ) March (page 0) Angels We Have Heard on High (page ) Bastien Popular Hymns - Level One God is So Good (Encore, No. ) Wondrous ross (Encore, No. ) All That You Need (Encore, No. ) airest Lord Jesus (Encore, No. ) Jesus Loves Me (Encore, No. 6) Recommended Level ONE Solos LASSIAL SOLOS (Pick one from this column) Bastien Piano Basics - Level One Largo Dvorak (page ) Alouette (page ) When the Saints (pages 8-9) Ode to Joy (pages 0-) Bastien hristmas - Level One Any song from book Bastien Piano Literature Volume One Dance March Waltz

6 LESSON PLANS OR TWO Piano Level METHOD BOOK SALES SOLO WORK WORSHIP PREP A B D E Bastien Piano Basics Level Two, Pages - ( Major scale, 6th interval) Pages - (primary chords - I, IV, V in Major, 7th interval) Pages -9 (primary chords in G Major) Pages 0-7 (6/8 time signature, primary chords in Major) Pages 8- (primary chords in D and A Major) Pages 6- (primary chords in E Major) Major scale and arpeggio, page 7 (I-IV-I-V7-I) Major scale, arpeggio and cadence page 6 G Major scale, arpeggio and cadence page 6 Major scale, arpeggio and cadence page D and A Major scales, arpeggios & cadences pages 0, E Major scale, arpeggio and cadence page 8 st Level TWO Solo correct fingerings and rhythms, slow tempo orrect fingerings and rhythms, performance tempo Phrasing and dynamics nd Level TWO Solo correct fingerings and rhythms, slow tempo orrect fingerings and rhythms, performance tempo Phrasing and dynamics Perform for Evaluator Worship horus correct fingerings, chords and rhythms ocus on phrasing and dynamics Worship horus Worship horus correct fingerings, chords and rhythms ocus on phrasing and dynamics Worship horus EVALUATOR EVALUATOR EVALUATOR EVALUATOR SUNDAY SHOOL HORUSES (learn by ear) Alleluia (G) The B-I-B-L-E () Deep and Wide () God Is So Good (G) Jesus Loves Me (D) My God Is So Big () This Little Light of Mine () This is the Day (D) Recommended Worship houruses OTHER SUGGESTED WORSHIP HORUSES (use printed copy) Amazing Grace (SPTB, No. ) As the Deer (SOS #7) In His Presence (SOS #) Teach me How to Love Thee (Encore, No. ) To Be Like Jesus (Encore, No. 6) SOS = Songs of Salvation SPTB = Simplified Piano Tune Book Piano Level TWO ompletion: Evaluator Name _ Date

7 THEORY excellence in Theory, Book, Pages -6 (key signatures, sharp keys) Pages 7-8 (key signatures, flat keys) Pages 9- (Major key signatures, circle of fifths and fourths) Pages -9 (chromatic scale, repeat signs, st and nd endings, coda) Pages 0- (dynamics, articulation, tempo markings, ear training) Pages -9 (s dffg r.g, ear training) Level TWO Test EVALUATOR INSTRUTOR INITIALS & DATE SIGHT READING Title(s): Evaluation Score:_ Date:_ WORSHIP PREP Title : Title : Dates: OMMENTS SOLOS Public Solo Title: Date ompleted: Evaluation Solo Title: Date ompleted: OERTORY SOLOS (Pick one from this column) Bastien Piano Basics - Level Two Michael Row Your Boat Ashore (page ) Lavender s Blue (page ) Kum-Ba-Ya (page ) ountry Gardens (page ) Various Albumns All or Thee (Encore, No. 7) Break Thou the Bread of Life (SOS #7) ount Your Blessings (SOS #7) Jesus Loves Me (Encore, No. ) O or A Thousand Tongues to Sing (SOS #8) O Sacred Head (Piano Offerings, page ) Princethorpe (Encore, No. ) When Jesus Looked O er Galilee ewster (Encore, No. ) Recommended Level TWO Solos LASSIAL SOLOS (Pick one from this column) Bastien Piano Basics - Level Two arnival (page 9) Tarantella (page ) Sonata Theme (page 6) Barcarole Offenbach (page ) The Entertainer (pages -) Bastien Piano Literature Volume One A Little Song Ecossaise in G March in D Minuet in Minuet in G Minuet in g minor Soldiers March Quick March

8 LESSON PLANS OR THREE Piano Level METHOD BOOK SALES SOLO WORK WORSHIP PREP A B D E Bastien Piano Basics Level Three, pp. - (relative minor keys, triads and scales) Pages - (broken chords, triads and inversions*) Pages -9 (triplets, broken chord bass, octave interval) Pages 0-7 (Alberti and waltz bass, chromatic scale) Pages 8-7 (Db and Ab Major keys) Pages 8- (Eb Major key) a natural and harmonic minor scales, octaves, arpeggios and cadences (pages 7 & ) d natural and harmonic minor scales, octaves, arpeggios and cadences (page 6) Review major scales (,, G, D, E and A) hromatic scale, one octave, ascending and descending, hands together (page ) Db and Ab Major scales, octaves, arpeggios and cadences (pages 0 & ) Eb Major scale, octaves, arpeggios and cadences (page 8) st Level THREE Solo correct fingerings and rhythms, slow tempo orrect fingerings and rhythms, performance tempo Phrasing and dynamics nd Level THREE Solo correct fingerings and rhythms, slow tempo orrect fingerings and rhythms, performance tempo Phrasing and dynamics Perform for Evaluator **Doxology in G correct fingerings, chords and rhythms ocus on phrasing and dynamics Doxology in G Worship horus correct fingerings, chords and rhythms ocus on phrasing and dynamics Worship horus EVALUATOR EVALUATOR EVALUATOR EVALUATOR Recommended Worship horuses Be Still, for the Presence (SOS #67) Be Thou My Vision (SOS #) Bless the Lord (SOS #) hange My Heart, O God (SOS #6) Give Thanks (SOS #) God Will Make a Way (SOS #7) Great is the Lord (SOS #0) Here I Am, Lord (SOS #) Lamb of God (SOS #97) Search Me, O God (SOS #7) There Is A Redeemer (SOS #7) Worship the Lord (SOS #) ** Doxology in G is located in the back of the form. SOS = Songs of Salvation - play from lead sheet, not piano copy Piano Level THREE ompletion: Evaluator Name _ Date

9 * Dead weight drop: Throw your arm in the air and allow it to drop into the chord, using dead weight only. Avoid using the muscles, so that the weight of the arm itself creates the power. (for practicing triads in inversion) THEORY excellence in Theory, Book, Pages - (intervals, harmonic and melodic intervals) Pages -7 (intervals, perfect and major intervals, ear training) INSTRUTOR INITIALS & DATE SIGHT READING Title(s): Evaluation Score:_ Date:_ Pages 8-0 (minor intervals, major and perfect intervals, ear training) Pages - (augmented and diminished intervals, review other intervals, ear training) Pages -8 (/8, 6/8, 9/8, /8, /, cut time, ear training) Pages 9- (all triads) Level THREE Test EVALUATOR WORSHIP PREP Title : Title : Dates: OMMENTS SOLOS Public Solo Title: Date ompleted: Evaluation Solo Title: Date ompleted: OERTORY SOLOS (Pick one from this column) Bastien Piano Basics - Level Three Prelude in a minor (page ) Jacob s Ladder (page ) Evening Hymn (page 9) Various Albums God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (SOS #90) Hosanna (Musical Offerings Two, No. ) Just Like John (Piano Offerings, Pages 8-9) Onward hristian Soldiers (Encore, No. 6) Seek Ye irst (Musical Offerings One, No. ) The Wonder of His Grace (Encore, No. 0) This Little Light (Encore, No. 9) Were You There (Piano Offerings, Page 6) When I Survey (SOS #6) Recommended Level THREE Solos LASSIAL SOLOS (Pick one from this column) Bastien Piano Basics - Level Three The Matador (page ) The an-an Offenbach (page 9) The Stars and Stripes orever (pages -) Entry of the Gladiator ucik (pages 6-7) Aria Mozart (page ) ür Elise Beethoven (page ) Bastien Piano Literature Volumes One & Two Dona Nobir Paiem (Piano Offering, Page 6) irst Loss (Volume Two) Hunting Song (Volume Two) Minuet in d minor (Volume Two) Playing Soldiers (Volume Two) Play Time (Volume Two) Sonatina in G (Volume One) The lown (Volume Two) The Merry armer (Volume One)

10 LESSON PLANS OR OUR Piano Level METHOD BOOK SALES SOLO WORK WORSHIP PREP A B Bastien Piano Basics Level our, Pages -9 (pedaling, e minor) Pages 0-9 (st and nd inversion triads) e natural and harmonic minor scale, arpeggio and cadence (page 8) Major keys (,, G, D, E, A, Db, Eb and Ab), *triads in inversion (page 8) st Level OUR Solo st Level OUR Solo Worship horus Worship horus Pages 0-7 (sixteenth notes, augmented triads) minor keys (a, d and e), *triads in inversion (page 8), augmented chord drills (page 8) nd Level OUR Solo Worship horus D E Pages 8- (syncopation, diminished triads) Pages - (parallel major and minor scales, Gb Major key ) Parallel major and minor scales (p. ) with same fingerings (/c, A/a, E/e), diminished chord drills Gb Major scale, arpeggio and cadence (page 8) nd Level OUR Solo rd Level OUR Solo Worship horus Worship horus Pages -9 (Bb and B Major keys) Bb and B Major scales, arpeggios and cadences (pages & 6) rd Level OUR Solo Perform for Evaluator Worship horus EVALUATOR EVALUATOR EVALUATOR EVALUATOR Recommended Worship horuses Blessed Assurance (SOS #8) He Knows My Name (SOS #90) Here I Am to Worship (SOS #7) I Love You Lord (SOS #7) I m In His Hands (SOS #6) Open The Eyes of My Heart (SOS #0) Shine Jesus Shine (SOS #6) Shout to the Lord (SOS #8) Soldiers Hymn (SOS #6) Somebody Prayed for Me (SOS #) The Heart of Worship (SOS #70) The Power of Your Love (SOS #) We Want to See Jesus Lifted High (SOS #6) SOS = Songs of Salvation - play from lead sheet, not piano copy Piano Level OUR ompletion: Evaluator Name _ Date

11 * Dead weight drop: Throw your arm in the air and allow it to drop into the chord, using dead weight only. Avoid using the muscles, so that the weight of the arm itself creates the power. (for practicing triads in inversion) THEORY excellence in Theory, Book,Pages - (triads in major scales, ear training) Pages -7 (minor scales, relative keys, forms of minor scales) INSTRUTOR INITIALS & DATE SIGHT READING Title(s): Evaluation Score:_ Date:_ Pages 8-9 (triads in minor scales, ear training) Pages 0- (common chord progressions in major keys, harmonizing melodies) Pages - (common chord progressions in minor keys, harmonizing melodies) Pages -8 (V7 chord, harmonizing with V7, ear training) Level OUR Test EVALUATOR WORSHIP PREP Title : Date: Title : Date: Title : Date: SOLOS Public Solo : Date: Public Solo : Date: Evaluation Solo: Date: OMMENTS Recommended Level OUR Solos OERTORY SOLOS (Pick one from this column) Bastien Piano Basics - Level our Romance (pages -) He s Got the Whole World in His Hands (page ) Various Albums Spirit of God, Descend (Musical Offerings Three, page ) O How I Love Jesus (Piano Offerings One, No. 6) Nothing But Thy Blood (SOS 0) In the Sweet By and By (SOS 7) He Giveth More Grace (Encore, No. 8) Lord of the Dance (Encore, No. 0) Hundreds and Thousands (Encore, No. 7) Then Sings My Soul (Encore, No. 9) Long, Long Ago (Musical Offerings One, No. 8) Mid-Winter (Musical Offerings Two, No. ) LASSIAL SOLOS (Pick two from this column) Bastien Piano Basics - Level our Wild Rider (pages 6-7) Sonatina in (pages -) New Orleans arnival (pages 0-) Minuet J.. Bach (page ) Evening Serenade (pages -) William Tell Overture (pages 8-9) Sonatinas Sonatina: Spindler (Bastien Piano Literature Volume One) Sonatina: lementi (Bastien Piano Literature Volume Two) Sonatina in : Beethoven (Bastien Piano Literature Volume Two) Sonatina: lementi (Bastien Piano Literature Volume Three) Bach Inventions Bastien Piano Literature Volume Three:,, 8 Bastien Piano Literature Volume our:, Bastien Piano Literature Volume ive: 6, 0

12 LESSON PLANS OR IVE Piano Level METHOD BOOK SALES SOLO WORK WORSHIP PREP A The Well-Tempered lavier, Book Begin Prelude & ugue f# natural, harmonic and melodic minor scales, arpeggios and cadences st Level IVE Solo Worship horus B Perform Begin Prelude & ugue c# natural, harmonic and melodic minor scales, arpeggios and cadences st Level IVE Solo Worship horus Schirmer s Library of Musical lassics: Beethoven Sonatas V. Begin Sonata and # Major scales, arpeggios and cadences octaves nd Level IVE Solo Worship horus D Perform Sonata All flat major scales, arpeggios and cadences octaves nd Level IVE Solo Worship horus E Begin choice selection a minor and all flat minor scales, arpeggios and cadences octaves rd Level IVE Solo Worship horus Perform choice selection all sharp minor scales, arpeggios and cadences, and chromatic scale, octaves rd Level IVE Solo Perform for Evaluator Worship horus EVALUATOR EVALUATOR EVALUATOR EVALUATOR Recommended Worship horuses All That I Am (SOS #7) Holy Ground (SOS #66) How Great Is Our God (SOS #) In hrist Alone (SOS #) I Surrender (SOS #) Knowing You (SOS #) Nothing But Thy Blood (SOS #0) Such Love (SOS #) The Potter s Hand (SOS #7) There Is None Like You (SOS #60) Total Praise (SOS #) When I Look Into Your Holiness (SOS #7) Worthy Is the Lamb (SOS #66) SOS = Songs of Salvation - play from lead sheet, not piano copy Piano Level IVE ompletion: Evaluator Name _ Date

13 THEORY Handouts -A Inversions of Triads and Dominant Seventh hords Handouts -B Harmonic Analysis and Secondary Dominants excellence in Theory, Book, Pages 9-0 (composing a melody, various assignments) Handout -D Solo omposition Handout -E Vocal Arrangement Handout - Brass Arrangement EVALUATOR INSTRUTOR INITIALS & DATE SIGHT READING Title(s): Evaluation Score:_ Date:_ WORSHIP PREP Title : Date: Title : Date: Title : Date: SOLOS Public Solo : Date: Public Solo : Date: Evaluation Solo: Date: OMMENTS OERTORY SOLOS (Pick one from this column) A Miracle (Musical Offerings Two, No. ) An Infant s Lullaby (Musical Offerings One, No. 0) Draw Me Nearer (Musical Offerings Three, page 6) Here At The ross (Musical Offerings Three, page ) How Sweet the Name (Musical Offerings Two, No. 6) I Bring My Heart to Jesus (Musical Offerings One, No. ) It s Me, O Lord (Piano Offerings One, page 0) Just As I Am (Musical Offerings One, No. 0) Showers of Blessing (Musical Offerings One, No. 7) Slater (Musical Offerings One, No. ) Songs About Jesus (Musical Offerings One, No. 6) What A riend (Musical Offerings One, No. 9) When the Mists Have Rolled (Musical Offerings Two, No. 7) Wonderful Words of Life (Musical Offerings One, No. 9) Zulu Air (Musical Offerings Three, page 8) Recommended Level IVE Solos MAJOR WORKS (Pick one from this column) Bach - rench Suite No. 6 Beethoven - Pathetique Sonata No. 8 Brahms - Sechs Klavierstucke Op. 8 (choose of 6) Gershwin - Preludes Haydn - Sonata in D Major No. 7 Mozart - Variations Ah, vous dirai-je, maman KV6

14 Slow q = 60 Scales & Arpeggios Level PRIMER PRIMER A & B to G, ascending and descending (Primer A - hands separate) (Primer B - hands together) PRIMER - E - G - E - arpeggio (Primer B - hands together) PRIMER D to G interval drill (hands separate) PRIMER E Scales in contrary motion (hands separate, then together) PRIMER G to D scale and arpeggio, ascending and descending (hands together)

15 Slow q = 66 Scales & Arpeggios Level ONE Scale Arpeggio Major Scale Arpeggio G Major hromatic -G

16 Slow q = 7 Scale Scales, Arpeggios & adences Level TWO Arpeggio adence Major G Major

17 Slow q = 7 Scales, Arpeggios & adences Level TWO Major D Major

18 E Major A Major Slow q = 7 Scales, Arpeggios & adences Level TWO

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20 Resolution of the V 7 (Dominant 7 th ) / / A tetrachord includes four pitches, which ascend in a pattern of: whole step, whole step, half step. Octave A major scale consists of two tetrachords joined by a whole step. The scale is 6 th 7 th named by its first note and the th letters follow in order. th The distance between two pitches is rd called an interval. To identify the nd interval, count from the lower note (as, using both lines and spaces) Unison up to and including the top note. so resolves to do ti to do re to do fa to mi re ti 7th (fa) so V7 do do do I rd (mi) ORDER of SHARPS KEYS MA JOR E A B MAJOR and its or flats, the keynote A is the next-to-last flat lat ( ) Keys down by fourths relative minor more flats (fewer sharps) D most recently added flat. (fourth degree of the scale) B G most recently added sharp. (seventh degree of the scale) G Dm Am Em Gm The ircle m of ITHS Bm m m (& OURTHS) m B m E m G m B Sharp ( ) Keys up by fifths more sharps (fewer flats) D or sharps, the keynote D is one tone above the last sharp E A ORDER of LATS The Salvation Army Version