Piano Proficiency Requirement
Given the critical importance of basic piano skills to successful
work and study in music, all music majors must also pass a piano
proficiency examination. Students enrolled in Music 101 and Music
102 are strongly recommended to enroll concurrently in Music 132
(Piano) unless the piano proficiency has already been completed.
Students may not enroll in Music 201 or Music 202 unless they are
concurrently enrolled in Music 132 or have already passed the piano
proficiency. Students may not enroll in Music 301 unless the piano
proficiency has been passed.
This examination must be passed all at once; if a student does not
pass any portion of it, the entire exam must be taken again at a
later date. The exam includes:
1. Prepared Repertoire
Three pieces at a Grade III level (see list below);
2. Scales
Major and harmonic minor scales, two octaves, hands
together in eighth notes at M.M. = 92 for the quarter note; and
3. Sightreading
Sight-reading at a Grade II level.
Representative Grade III Piano Pieces
This is a list of pieces which are approximately Grade III in difficulty
on a scale of I-X. Students who can play three pieces at this level
satisfactorily will pass one part of the Piano Proficiency Examination.
- Easier Bach, Handel and Mozart dance movements
- Selected German Dances and Waltzes by Beethoven and Schubert
- Beethoven: Sonatinas in F and G
- Burgmueller: Most pieces in 25 Easy and Progressive Studies,
Op. 100
- Clementi: Easier Sonatina movements including Op. 36, No. 1
in C Major
- Bartok: Mikrokosmos, Vol. III
- Kabalevsky: Children's Pieces, Op. 27 or Op. 39
- Bloch: 10 Pieces for Children (Enfantines)
- Schumann: Most pieces in the Album for the Young, Op. 68
approved: April 1992
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