235  PIANO  PROFICIENCY  TEST  REQUIREMENTS      SCALES  Major  and  minor  (harmonic  and  melodic)  scales,  4  octaves,  hands  together,  correct  fingerings  (see  scale  charts  for  fingerings)      CHORD  PROGRESSIONS    Chord  progressions  (tonic  à  subdominant  à  tonic  à  dominant-­‐seventh  à  tonic)  in  all  major  and  minor  keys,  in  root  position  and  inversions  (see  bottommost  cadence  pattern  “Cadence  I-­‐IV-­‐I-­‐V7-­‐I”)      ARPEGGIOS  Major  and  minor  arpeggios,  4  octaves,  hands  together,  correct  fingerings  (see  arpeggio  charts  for  fingerings)      HARMONIZATION  Harmonize  all  melodies  (4  pages)  using  tonic,  subdominant,  and  dominant-­‐seventh  chords  (Improvised  left  hand  accompaniment  required;  block  chord  accompaniment  unacceptable).          TRANSPOSITION  Transpose  all  melodies  (4  pages)  to  all  major  or  minor  keys.    Left  hand  accompaniment  optional          PREPARED  SOLO  PIECE  Prepare  one  solo  piano  work  of  an  appropriate  level  (minimum  difficulty:  Beethoven’s  Sonatina  in  G  or  many  of  Kuhlau  or  Clementi  Sonatinas)      SIGHT  READING  

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F sharp Major

A flat Major

B flat Major

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