Letters identify the items selected from the Keyboard
Proficiency Examination Master List of Requirements.
L. Play at sight one easy
piano accompaniment for an instrumental solo.
P. (Winds, Strings, or Percussion)
Given a moderately difficult band or orchestra score, play at
sight two single lines for transposing instruments at concert
pitch. Each part may not be played through once before it is transposed.
(For students of bowed string instruments, one of the examples
may be in a C clef not used in playing his/her instrument.)
Q. (Wind Conducting) 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 one 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. A copy of the two-voice
excerpt and four-voice excerpt must be secured from the Music
Office before 4:30 p.m. two days preceding the examination.
Z. Select and play one moderately
easy piano accompaniment for an instrumental solo in a tempo suitable
for performance.
