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Applied Piano Curriculum
Music Education
Below are lists containing minimal, age-appropriate keyboard skills and suggested repertoire:
First Year of Study
- All major and natural minor scales, one octave, hands alone or together
- Chord progressions/cadential sequences (I – IV6/4 – I – V6 – V6/5 – I) in all major keys
- Major triadic arpeggios, two octaves, hands alone or together
- Sight-reading beginning piano music, hands alone or together
- Six memorized etudes or piano selections
Second Year of Study
- All major and harmonic minor scales, one octave, hands together
- Chord progressions/cadential sequences (I – IV6/4 – I – V6 – V6/5 – I) in all minor keys
- Minor triadic arpeggios, two octaves, hands alone or together
- Sight-reading beginning to intermediate piano music, hands together
- Eight memorized etudes or piano selections
Third Year of Study
- All major and minor scales (in all forms), two octaves, hands together
- Chord progressions involving both primary and secondary harmonization
- Dominant seventh arpeggios, two octaves, hands alone or together
- Sight-reading hymns and simple piano accompaniments, hands alone or together
- Performance of a classical sonata or two-part invention
- Eight memorized etudes or piano selections
Fourth Year of Study
- All major and minor scales (in all forms), two octaves, M.M.=90, hands together
- Left hand harmonization of a given melody
- All major and minor arpeggios, four octaves, hands together
- Sight-reading hymns, piano accompaniments, and choral octavos (voice majors only)
- Performance of a classical sonata or two-part invention
First Year of Study
- All major and natural minor scales, one octave, hands alone or together
- Chord progressions/cadential sequences (I – IV6/4 – I – V6 – V6/5 – I) in all major keys
- Major triadic arpeggios, two octaves, hands alone or together
- Sight-reading beginning piano music, hands alone or together
- Six prepared etudes or piano selections, three memorized
Second Year of Study
- All major and harmonic minor scales, one octave, hands together
- Chord progressions/cadential sequences (I – IV6/4 – I – V6 – V6/5 – I) in all minor keys
- Minor triadic arpeggios, two octaves, hands alone or together
- Sight-reading beginning to intermediate piano music, hands together
- Eight prepared etudes or piano selections, four memorized
Third Year of Study
- All major and minor scales (in all forms), two octaves, hands together
- Chord progressions involving both primary and secondary harmonization
- Dominant seventh arpeggios, two octaves, hands alone or together
- Sight-reading hymns and simple piano accompaniments, hands alone or together
- Performance of a classical sonata or two-part invention
- Eight prepared etudes or piano selections, four memorized
Fourth Year of Study
- All major and minor scales (in all forms), two octaves, M.M.=90, hands together
- Left hand harmonization of a given melody
- All major and minor arpeggios, four octaves, hands together
- Sight-reading hymns, piano accompaniments, and choral octavos (voice majors only)
- Performance of a classical sonata or two-part invention
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