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No Hands Together

Minimal Note Reading

Key of C, F or G 5 finger pattern

No Sharps or flats

No rests

No eighth notes

Reading by finger numbers is ok

Reading by Steps and skips is ok

Federation pieces correlate with PRe- Primary Class

Level 1:

Minimal Hands together

No eighth notes

All Five finger patterns are ok

Reading notes on the staff

Reading by skips and steps

Minimal articulation

Minimal Sharps and flats

Federation pieces correlate with Primary Class 1

Level 2:

Sharps and flats

All rests

Minimal eighth notes

starting articulations ( staccato, drop lift and phrasing, creschendo, etc.)

Lots of dynamics

Hands together

Lots of triads

Minimal argeggio work

Federation pieces correlate with Primary Class II

Level 3

6/8 time

Be able to play any notes

Eighth notes

Eighth note rests

More complex rhythm patterns

Extended Hand position

Minor Triads/chords are common Ex: Arabesque Burgmuller Op 100 No. 2

Federation pieces correlate with Primary Class III and Primary Class IV

Level 4

Starting scale movement but minimal

Dotted half note rhythms

Reading all key signatures

Greatly expanded keyboard movement

Federation pieces correlate with Elementary Class I and Elementary Class II

Level 5

Scale movement, ascending and descending

Hand crossing

Pedal is required throughout

Increased speed and difficulty

Composition length is usually beyond two pages

Federation pieces correlate with Elementary Class IV

Level 6

Sonatinas

Lots of scale movement

Alberti Bass patterns

Arpeggio work

Octaves

Federation Pieces correlate with Medium Class

Level 7

Pieces have now progressed to more difficult repetoire, and include examples such as

Master work Classics Alfred Edition, Level 6 all; Beethoven easy sonatinas, Debussy Le petit Negre;

Festival of Flowers by Wells "ORchid", LES Petites Impressions by Linn " Light house in the Fog", etc.

Federation Pieces correlate with Moderately Difficult Class I and Class II

Level 8

Examples of this level of repetoire might include: The Entertainer by Joplin, "Bagatelles" Opus 5

"numbers 1" or "number 10" by Tcherepnin, MacDowell's "Hummingvird", Billoti's "Firefly"

Federation Pieces correlate with Moderately Difficult Class III and Difficult Class I

Level 9

Examples of this level of repetoire might include: Debussy's "The Girl with the Flaxen Hair";

More Difficult Sonatas Scarlatti, Debussy's Gollywog's Cakewalk, MadCowell's "Scotch Poem"  or

"Improvisation opus 46 number 4", Rachmaninoff's "Fantasy Pieces Opus 3," Chopin, waltz in e minor

opus postumus, easier Chopin Nocturns and preludes, Bach two part inventions;

Alexander's "Dolphin Quest", Hanson's "Clog Dance", Gershwin's Prelude No. 2

Federation Pieces correlate with Difficult Class II and Very Difficult Class I

Level 10

Examples of this level of repetoire might include: Gershwin's "Prelude No. 1 and No. 3",

Amy Beach's "In Autumn" ; Copland's "Cat and the Mouse"; Debussy's "Hills of AnaCapri";

Liszt's "Un Suspiro"; Sibelius's "Romance"; Easier Beethoven Sonatas, Easier Mozart Sonatas, Easier Haydn

Sonatas, Chopin Grand Valse Brilliant,

Federation Pieces correlate with Very Difficult Class II

Level 11

THis level is designed to include University level material.  Pieces should be very challenging.

Federation Pieces correlate with Musically Advanced Class I and Class II