MUSICIANSHIP TEST MATERIAL
WRITTEN AND AURAL
ADVANCED A TEST
(Each level will include all the information on
previous levels)
I. NOTE AND REST VALUES
II. INTERVALS
- Identify or write all major and minor 2nds and 3rds.
- Identify or write all minor 6ths and 7ths above C, G, D, A, E, F, B
flat, E flat, A flat.
- Identify or write all perfect intervals above C, G, D, A, E, F, B
flat, E flat, A flat.
III. TERMS
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cantando |
piu |
| espressivo |
largo |
scherzo |
| cadenza |
rubato |
atonal music |
| arpeggio |
programmatic music |
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VI. CHORDS
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Identify or write major and minor triads in root position and inversions.
Write and identify triads (in root position and inversion) and V7 as they function
in major keys through five sharps and five flats.
VII. KEY SIGNATURES
- Write the key signature for all major keys.
- Write the key signature for minor keys through four sharps and four flats.
VIII. SCALES
- Identify or write the following:
a)all major keys
b)natural and harmonic minor through four sharps and four flats
c)chromatic (identify only)
IX. ENHARMONICS
Double sharp and double flat.
X. STYLE PERIODS WITH CORRESPONDING COMPOSERS
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Baroque - 1600-1750--J.S. Bach, Handel, Telemann
Classic - 1750-1820--Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven
Romantic - 1820-1900--Chopin, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Schubert
Impressionistic (Late 1800's to early 1900's)--Debussy, Ravel
Twentieth Century --Bartok, Prokofieff, Shostakovich, Bernstein, Stravinsky
AURAL
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Identify major and minor 2nds and 3rds.
- Identify the correct style period of recorded examples (Baroque, Classic, Romantic, 20th
Century).
- Select performed rhythmic patterns from pairs written on test using
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