Major And Harmonic Minor Scales

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Keyboard Skills Proficiency Examination
Class Piano IV
I. Overview
This packet represents your guide to the materials over which you will be tested during your last
semester of Class Piano IV. The examination consists of FIVE equal sections, each of which you
must pass with a minimum proficiency for each part. The standards for passing all or some
part(s) of the proficiency will be outlined for you below.
Preparation for this exam will come from the skills the student has learned in Class Piano IV as
well as Class Piano I-III. All of these courses represent a four-part sequence designed to teach
non-piano majors keyboard skills. While many of the techniques the student will learn in these
classes are specific to the piano, there are other concepts that will parallel studies in Music
Theory and Ear-Training/Sight-Singing. The goal of the Class Piano sequence, thus, is not only
to teach a non-piano major how to play the piano, but also to use the keyboard as a practical
application of Theory as one progresses through both disciplines. Additional aspects of these
courses will include, but certainly not be limited to, the introduction of scales, minor technical
exercises, chord progressions, improvisation, sight-reading, playing extended works, and
harmonization and transposition. Each of these areas will be presented in some way throughout
Class Piano I-III in order to prepare you for the Keyboard Skills Proficiency.
In the final semester of Class Piano IV, you will be able to pass the Keyboard Skills Proficiency
in one of two ways. You will take FIVE midterm examinations throughout the semester and each
of these exams will cover a portion of the Keyboard Skills Proficiency outlined below. If you
pass all five midterms during the semester with a minimum score of 80% for each part, you will
have successfully completed the Proficiency and your final grade for it will be an average of
those five midterms.
If you do not pass each individual section (whether it is one part or all five parts) via the five
midterms, you will be required to take the section(s) you missed in the form of a final exam.
NOTE: Should you pass each midterm during the normal course of the semester, you are
EXEMPT from the final exam and your grade for the proficiency will be calculated using the
method above. If you have to retake any portion of the proficiency on the final exam, you may
pass it at that point. Your grade for the section(s) you missed will be calculated by using what
you score on the final exam and that grade will take the place of how you scored on the midterm.
For those who are exempt from the final exam, you may opt to improve your grade, if you so
choose, on the final exam. However, if it is deemed that your score on the section(s) you attempt
to retake on the final exam is/are not higher than your midterm score(s), you will receive the
higher grade of the two (your midterm score).
If you do not pass a section of the proficiency on both the midterm and final exam, your grade
for that section will be a ZERO. All five portions of the proficiency must meet the minimum
requirements described in each section in order for you to pass the entire exam.

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