Performance requirements for Level 7:

• Play one piece from three of the four musical periods (Renaissance/Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Impressionist/20th-21st Century)

• 9 minute time limit

• Bring a legal copy of your music for the judges, measures numbered

Theory requirements for Level 7:

• Complete rhythm patterns, add bar lines, circle groups equal to 3 eighth notes in 6-8 or 3-8 time.

• Use correct stem and accidental placement

• Identify & write all Major and Perfect intervals in any major key

• Identify & write P4, P5, P8, m3, m6 in the keys of b, c, f minor

• Write B, F♯, C♯, D♭, G♭, and C♭Major scales, one octave ascending. Use accidentals or a key signature.

• Write minor scales in all three forms for b, c, and f minor. Write natural and harmonic one octave ascending, and melodic ascending and descending. Use accidentals or a key signature.

• Identify and write all Major key signatures.

• Given the key signatures, identify the Major keys on the Circle of Fifths.

• Identify the keys that are enharmonic on the Circle of Fifths.

• Identify the relative minor key for any Major key signature.

• Identify and write the Primary Triads (i, iv, V) in root position, in the keys of d and g harmonic minor. Use key signatures or accidentals.

• Identify the Primary Triads of d or g harmonic minor in a musical example, in root position

• Transpose a melody using the first 6 notes of a Major scale in the keys of F, C, G, D, or A Major, up or down a 2nd into the keys of F, C, G, D, or A Major, using a key signature

• Know the meaning of: agitato, sempre, senza, meno, piu, relative minor and parallel minor

• Identify the three main sections in Sonata‐Allegro form: Exposition, Development, and Recapitulation

• Identify any theory concepts through Level 7 in a musical example

• Identify the musical period (Romantic or 20th‐Century) and country of origin for: Frédéric Chopin, Robert Schumann, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Béla Bartók, Dmitri Kabalevsky, Scott Joplin

Technique requirements for Level 7:

• Play the following intervals starting on any black key: m2, m6, m7, and M7

• Play these scales 2 or 4 octaves, HT, crescendo ascending and diminuendo descending, legato. Play at a minimum speed of MM = 72: E, B, F♯/G♭, C♯/D♭Major; d♯/e♭, a♯/b♭minor in all 3 forms

• Starting in the center of the keyboard, play the D Major scale in contrary motion, 2octaves, out and in, legato, mf, starting with an 8th note and continuing with 16th notes. Play at a minimum speed of MM = 69

• Play a chromatic scale, 2 octaves, HS, legato, mp or mf. Start from B. Play at a minimum speed of MM = 72

• Play these triads with inversions, HS or HT, mp. E, B, F♯/G♭, and C♯/D♭Major and d♯/e♭, a♯/b♭minor

• Play diatonic triads in the keys of C and G Major, 1 octave, blocked, ascending only. Play HT, p and non legato.

• Play a 4-voice V7 chord in the keys of C, G, D, A, E, B, and F Major in root position, HT. Play BR and BL, ascending and descending

• Play these arpeggios, 2 octaves, HT, crescendo ascending and diminuendo descending, either legato or staccato. Play at a minimum speed of MM = 72, F♯/G♭, C♯/D♭Major and d♯/e♭, a♯/b♭, g♯/a♭minor

• Play the I - IV 6/4 -I - V 6/5 - I chord progression in the keys of F, B, C♯/D♭Major. The RH plays the chords and inversions, while the LH plays the roots

• Play the i - iv 6/4 - i - V 6/5 - i chord progression in the keys of f, b, c♯harmonic minor. The RH plays the chords and inversions, while the LH plays the roots

Aural awareness requirements for Level 7:

• Select the correct notation using note and rest values from the Rhythm Chart through Level 7

• Identify any Major, Perfect, m3, and m6 interval

• Fill in 3 missing notes in a melody fragment with the correct pitch and note values. Range: within an octave. Meter: 3-4 or 4-4. Keys: G and F Major.

• Identify whether a scale is Major, natural minor, harmonic minor or melodic minor.

• Choose between 2 notated six-note melodies. Range: Leading tone below the tonic through the first five notes of a harmonic minor scale. Keys: a or d minor.

• Identify whether triad patterns using root position and inversions in a Major or minor key are the same or different.

• Identify Major, minor, Augmented, and diminished triads.

• Choose between a 4-voice Major chord or a 4-voice Dominant 7th chord.

• Choose whether the cadence with the root of the chords in the bass is: authentic: I-V6/5- I or plagal: I-IV6/4- I

• Repeat a 2-measure melody of 8 notes. The beginning note will be given. Range: Leading tone below the tonic through the first five notes of a Major scale.

Sight-reading requirements for Level 7:

• Sight-read an 8-measure piece in the keys of D, A or E Major or d or g harmonic minor. The melody will have a range of seven notes, consisting of the tone directly above and the tone directly below a five-finger pattern. Accompaniment will be in the LH or RH and will be I, IV 6/4, and V 6/5 chords. Dynamics, articulation, and ritardando markings may be used.