REQUISITE
KEYBOARD SKILLS FOR ENTERING MASTER'S STUDENTS
The
following minimum keyboard proficiencies are expected of all students
pursuing the indicated master's program:
MM in
choral conducting, MME in choral music, MME in elementary music
- Play
five-finger scale melody in any key, using I-V7 in left hand.
- Transpose
melodic lines of the difficulty of simple folk songs to any key.
- Demonstrate
proficiency in playing technical exercises such as scales and
arpeggios.
- Harmonize
melodies appropriate for classroom activities using block chords
such as: I, IV, V7.
- Be
able to play an arrangement of the "Star Spangled Banner," "America,"
"America the Beautiful," and "Happy Birthday."
- Be
able to accompany familiar tunes with two-handed accompaniments
(bass notes in the left hand and chordal support in the right
hand). Example: "Oh, Susannah." This will be done at sight (chord
symbols will be given).
- Sightreading
of piano repertory at the mid-to-late elementary level (see E.
Heerema, Progressive Class Piano, 2nd ed.).
- Play
accompaniments from a music series such as Silver-Burdett-Ginn.
- Sightread
any two parts of a four-part choral score.
- Play
accompaniment for pieces from middle- or high-school choral repertory.
Master of
Music in jazz
In addition to numbers 1-7 above, and using both hands:
- Play
common jazz cadences (ii-V7-I in major and ii
 -V7-i
in minor) with good voice leading.
- Realize
a chord progression at sight and in rhythm (chord symbols will
be provided).
- Play
chords with good voicings for Blues progressions in the keys of
F major and B-flat major.
Master of Music in composition, history, and
theory
In addition
to numbers 1-7 under Master of Music in Choral Conducting:
- Play
a single line (vocal or instrumental) on the piano using treble
and bass clefs
- Play
chords and simple V-I and IV-I cadences in each key
- Spell
chords above a given figured-bass line; play at least two of the
chords in succession
- Observing
the given key signature, play standard ornaments (trills, appoggiaturas,
turns, etc.) on any note
- Play
one octave of:
- a
minor scale (harmonic, ascending and descending, natural)
- any
of the eight church modes
- a
pentatonic scale
- a
whole-tone scale
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