PROFICIENCY II

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Proficiencies take during the week of October 27

TECHNIQUE
Black-key (B, D♭ G♭/F♯) major and relative minor (natural form) scales; 2 hands/4 octaves

HARMONIZATION
Play one piece in all three accompaniment styles

KEYBOARD THEORY
Play a progression in keyboard style consisting of diatonic seventh/secondary dominant chords; progression, key, and right-hand starting shape given at jury

SCORE READING
Play two-voice open score; one clef is treble or bass and the other is moveable (soprano/alto/tenor)

TRANSPOSITION
Play two-voice open score; one voice is transposing

IMPROVISATION
Form an eight-bar phrase as you like on a given meter and mode