MUSICIANSHIP TEST MATERIAL
WRITTEN AND AURAL
ADVANCED B TEST
(Each level will include all the information on
previous levels)
I. NOTE AND REST VALUES
II. INTERVALS
- Identify or write all major, minor and perfect intervals.
- Identify augmented 4ths, diminished 5ths and augmented 5ths.
III. TERMS
| polyphony |
allargando |
fugue |
| assai |
avant garde |
tutti |
| mosso |
supertonic |
con moto |
| mediant |
grazioso |
submediant |
| agitato |
senza |
troppo |
| tenuto |
marcato |
|
VI. CHORDS
- Identify and write augmented and diminished triads in root position.
- Identify and write triads (root position and inversions) and V7 chords (root
position only) as they function in all major keys.
- Identify triads and V7 chords as they function in all major and minor keys.
- Identify the above chords appearing as broken chords or chords outlined within a
melody.
VII. KEY SIGNATURES
- Identify and write all major and minor key signatures.
- Identify examples in all major and minor keys.
VIII. SCALES
- Melodic minor (identify or write).
- Whole tone (identify only).
IX. FORM
X. STYLE PERIODS WITH CORRESPONDING COMPOSERS
Baroque - 1600-1750--Scarlatti, Purcell, Vivaldi
Classic - 1750-1820--Gluck
Romantic - 1820-1900--Brahms, Liszt, Puccini, Verdi
Impressionistic (Late 1800's to early 1900's)--Faure
Twentieth Century --Cage, Copland, Hindemith, Schoenberg
XI. TRANSPOSITION
Using accidentals (but not to include double sharps or double flats in either the
original key or the transposition).
AURAL
- Identify major and minor 6ths and 7ths.
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