Piano Fair Guidelines     I N T E R V A L S

Pre-reading

play:  step, skip, repeat.

Level 1

play: steps and skips on white keys, up and down.  Whole and half steps, up or down.

identify  steps and skips, moving up or down, on staff or pictured keyboard.

identify and/or draw  whole and half steps on a pictured keyboard.

Level 2

play:  2nds, 3rds, 4ths, 5ths on white keys only, up and down.

identify  2nds, 3rds, 4ths, 5ths on a pictured keyboard and staff, white keys only.

listen and identify  steps and skips. Examples will be played melodically and harmonically.

Level 3

play:  2nds, 3rds, 4ths, 5ths, 6ths in the keys of prepared scales up from tonic only, using appropriate black keys.

identify  2nds, 3rds, 4ths, 5ths, 6ths by distance only on a pictured keyboard and staff.  Whole and half steps on the staff.

listen and identify 2nds, 3rds, 4ths, 5ths, distance only. (2nds and 3rds will be major).  Examples will be played melodically and harmonically.

Level 4

play:  2nds, 3rds, 4ths, 5ths, 6ths, 7ths, octave, in the keys of prepared scales, up only, beginning on any pitch in the scale.  All intervals will fall within the one-octave range of the scale.

identify  2nds, 3rds, 4ths, 5ths, 6ths, 7ths, octave by distance only on a pictured keyboard or staff.

listen and identify  perfect 4ths, perfect 5ths, perfect octaves, labeling with distance and quality, and 2nds, 3rds, 6ths, distance only (will be major).  Examples will be played melodically and harmonically.

Level 5

play:  major and perfect intervals, up from tonic only, in the keys of prepared scales.

identify  written major and perfect intervals on staff, giving distance and quality, built on any white key.

listen and identify  major 2nds, 3rds, 6ths, 7ths, and perfect 4ths, 5ths, octaves, up only, labeling with distance and quality.  Examples will be played melodically and harmonically.

Level 6

play:  major, minor, perfect intervals, up from tonic only, in the keys of prepared scales.

identify  major, minor, perfect intervals on staff, giving distance and quality, built on any white key.

write  major, minor, perfect intervals in the staff, up only, from white keys.

listen and identify  major, minor, perfect intervals, up only, labeling with distance and quality.  Examples will be played melodically and harmonically.