Student Handbook

Instrumental Major Requirements

The following level proficiencies for instrumental students are currently required by the instrumental music faculty. In addition to these basic skills, individual applied courses of study are on file with each applied instructor.

Freshman I   Freshman II       Chromatic Scale All major scales from memory Scale tempo - eighth notes: quarter = 72 Freshman level sight reading Prepared solo/etude   Chromatic Scale All major scales from memory All natural minor scales from memory All melodic minor scales from memory Scale tempo - eighth notes: quarter = 80 Freshman level sight reading Prepared solo/etude       Sophomore III   Sophomore IV       Chromatic Scale All major scales from memory All natural minor scales from memory All melodic minor scales from memory All harmonic minor scales from memory Scale tempo - eighth notes: quarter = 88 Sophomore level sight reading Prepared solo/etude   Chromatic Scale All major scales from memory All three forms of minor scales from memory All major arpeggios from memory Scale tempo - eighth notes: quarter = 104 Sophomore level sight reading Prepared solo/etude       Junior V   Junior VI       Chromatic Scale All major scales from memory All three forms of minor scales from memory All major arpeggios from memory All minor arpeggios from memory Scale tempo - sixteenth notes: quarter = 60 Junior level sight reading Appropriate transpositions Prepared solo/etude Selected orchestral excerpts Selected orchestral excerpts   Chromatic Scale All major scales from memory All three forms of minor scales from memory All major arpeggios from memory All minor arpeggios from memory Scale tempo - sixteenth notes: quarter = 72 All whole tone scales (2) Junior level sight reading Appropriate transpositions. Prepared solo/etude       Senior VII   Senior VIII       Chromatic Scale All major scales from memory All three forms of minor scales from memory All major arpeggios from memory All minor arpeggios from memory All whole tone scales (2) Scale tempo - sixteenth notes: quarter = 84 Senior level sight reading Appropriate transpositions Prepared solo/etude Selected orchestral excerpts   Chromatic Scale All major scales from memory All three forms of minor scales from memory All major arpeggios from memory All minor arpeggios from memory All whole tone scales (2) Scale tempo - sixteenth notes: quarter = 92 Senior level sight reading Appropriate transpositions Prepared solo/etude Selected orchestral excerpts

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