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Proficiency Examination Master List of Requirements.
A. Without chord symbols,
harmonize one folk melody at sight using the I, IV6/4, and V6/5
chords in simple block form. The melody may be played through
once before it is harmonized. Examples will be chosen from major
and minor keys with key signatures up to and including three sharps
and three flats. (Total of 15 points)
G. With two days of preparation,
harmonize two different phrases of a chorale melody in a four-voice
note-against-note chordal style. Include at least one diatonic
seventh chord, one secondary dominant or secondary leading tone
seventh chord, and one augmented-sixth chord in each melody; some
inversions of these chords must be included. (Total of 15 points)
H. With two days of preparation,
realize two different chord progressions in a four-voice note-against-note
chordal style from Roman numeral symbols and figured bass abbreviations.
(Total of 25 points)
Q. Play at sight a one-voice
excerpt that involves a movable clef or transposition. With two
days of preparation, play (a) one two-voice and (b) one four-voice
excerpt from open score in which one line involves a movable clef
or transposition. The one-voice excerpt may not be played through
once before it is transposed. (Total of 20 points: 6 for the one-voice,
6 for the two-voice, 8 for the four-voice excerpt)
DD. With two days of preparation,
select and play one (complete) four-voice chorale harmonization
of J.S. Bach with music in a tempo (eighth note =c. 80) suitable
for singing. (Total of 20 points)
