KEYBOARD PROFCENCY EXAM NAME: DATE: Requirements:. Perform all major, harmonic minor scales, to octaves, hands together, parallel motion. Scales tested:. Perform all major, minor, diminished, augmented, dominant seventh, diminished seventh arpeggios, root position and inversions, hands together, one octave, broken form. Arpeggios tested:. Play all major and minor cadences, hands together (VV7 and VV7/VV7). Cadences tested:. Harmonize melodies ith and ithout given chord symbols (at sight). Melodies tested:. From a set of prescribed songs, play one or more in any key. Be able to play the melodies in the right ith various accompaniment patterns in the left hand and tohanded accompaniments (melody sung or played by the instructor). Songs and keys tested: 6. Read at sight a voice hymn accompaniment. Hymn tested: 7. Perform a prepared 6measure piece: a fourpart hymn or a choral accompaniment. RECOMMENDATON (circle one): PASS FAL Comments: Adjudicator:
Major Scales C b F bb Bflat bb b Eflat b b b b Aflat b b b b b Dflat
# # # # # # Fsharp # # # # # B # # # # E # # #A # # D # G
Harmonic Minor Scales b b b c b b b b f bb b b b bflat bb b b b b eflat # # # # # gsharp # # # # csharp n n n n n n n n # #
# # # fsharp # # b # e a b d b b g # # # # # # # # # # # #
Major Scale Fingerings C RH: LH: G RH: LH: D RH: LH: A RH: LH: E RH: LH: B RH: LH: F # /G b RH: LH: D b RH: LH: A b RH: LH: E b RH: LH: B b RH: LH: F RH: LH: Boldface numbers indicate black keys.
Harmonic Minor Scale Fingerings a RH: LH: e RH: LH: b RH: LH: f # RH: LH: c # RH: LH: g # RH: LH: e b /d # RH: LH: b b RH: LH: f RH: LH: c RH: LH: g RH: LH: d RH: LH: Boldface numbers indicate black keys.
Arpeggios (ith c' as the root) C (Major) root position c (minor) root position cº (diminished) root position C+ (Augmented) C7 (dominant seventh) first inversion first inversion first inversion first inversion second inversion second inversion second inversion second inversion root position first inversion second inversion third inversion cº7 (diminished seventh) b b b b b b b b b b root position b b b b b b b b b b b b first inversion b b root position # # # # # # # # b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b second inversion b b third inversion b b b b b b
Cadences in C Block Chord Style Keyboard Style C: V V C: 6 V 6 7 V Block Chord Style Keyboard Style b b b n b b b b b b n b b b i iv i 6 c: i iv i V 6 i c: n i Block Chord Style Keyboard Style # # # C: V V /V V 6 C: V /V 6 Block Chord Style Keyboard Style bb b # n n b b b # c: i iv V /V i V 6 i c: bb b n b b b i iv V /V n # n 7 i 6 i
Accompaniment Patterns OomPa Broken Chords ToHanded
Example of a voice hymn accompaniment
A maz ing grace, ho seet Amazing Grace V. V the sound, that saved a retch like me. once as lost, but no 'm found, as blind, but no see. America the Beautiful. j. j.. j V /V V. j #.. J <n>. J V V.. j. j. Hap birth py birth day to you, V day, happy birth Happy Birthday.. hap day, hap py birth py birth day to you,. day to. you. hap py
Jingle Bells Jin gle bells, jin gle bells, jin gle all the ay. Oh, V hat fun it is to ride in a /V one horse op V en sleigh. Jin gle bells, jin gle bells, jin gle all the ay. V Oh, hat fun it is to ride in a one horse op en sleigh.
Joy to the World Joy to the orld, the Lord is.. j. j. j. J. J come! V Let earth re ceive her King. Let ev' hea. hea ry hea rt pre pare Him room And ven and na ture sing, and hea... ven and na ture sing, and j j. ven, and hea ven and na ture sing. Kum Kum Ba Ya. j ba ya Lord, Kum V ba ya. Kum ba ya Lord, Kum ba ya. Kum ba V ya Lord, Kum ba ya. Oh. j. j Lord, Kum ba ya. V
Old MacDonald Had a Farm Old Mac V Don ald had a farm,. EE EE O. And V on his farm he had a co,. EE EE O. With a Moo Moo here, and a Moo Moo there, here a Moo, there a Moo, ev' ry here a Moo Moo. Old Mac V Don ald had a farm, EE EE O. Ro, Mer Ro Your Boat... ro, ro your boat, Gen tly don the stream;.. ri ly Life is but a dream.
Silent Night V Sil Round. j.. j. ent night, hol y night. All you Vir gin Mo therand child. Hol V.. is calm, all is bright.. J. j.. J. j. y n fantso ten derand mild.... j. Sleep in hea ven ly peace, sle ep in hea ven ly peace. Choose No Choose No your chane your change part part part part ners, ners, ners, ners, skip skip skip skip Skip to My Lou to to to to Lou, Lou, Lou, Lou, Choose your No change Skip Skip to to part part Tinkle, Tinkle, Little Star Lou, Lou, ners, ners, skip skip to to dar dar Lou, Lou, ling! ling! V Tin kle, tinkle, lit tle star, V ho onder hat you are! V Up above the orld so high, V V V like a diamond in the sky! Tin kle, tinkle, lit tle star, ho onder hat you are!
6 When the Saints Oh,henthe Saints, go marching in, oh,henthe Saints go marching in, oh, Lord V. j j. j ant to be in that num ber, oh, hen the Saints Yankee Doodle go mar ching in. C Yan kee Doo dle ent to ton a ri ding on a po ny, stuck V Yan V V mind a fea ther in his hat and called kee Doo dle keep it up, Yan the mu sic and the step, and ith it Ma ca ro ni.. J. j kee Doo dle dan dy,. J the girls be han dy.