Theory
What is in the key of G Major?
Play a C scale, both hands, one octave, up and down.
Play from C to C and back down.
Higher or lower chord?
Play c chord and a g chord above the c chord
Guess the composer
Play Handel's Messiah
Sight Read a song from the sight reading book on their level.
Have them roll the dice for the page they play.
What sharps are in D Major?
F# and C#
Play a G 8-finger scale, up and down.
Play from G to G and back down to G.
Is this major or minor song.
Play a song in major or minor.
What time period is this music from
Baroque music
Transpose CDE to D with the correct sharps or flats
Student should play DEF#
Relative minor of C Major?
Play a C arpeggio.
Play CEG separate notes using alternately LH and RH up 4 octaves and then back down to the start.
Identify and interval
Play a 1-4 note interval
what key is this music in ?
Look at some music and decide
Improvise in the key of C
Have the student play a melody using the keys in the C scale
What is a 3rd?
2 whole steps on the keyboard.
Play a c chord inversion.
Play CEG and then play EGC as chords.
Clap it back
clap a rhythm and they clap it back. Like IIii..iiii
Play a section of this music.
Have them play out of a sight reading book on their level.
Rhythm puzzle or in otherwords, clap a written musical pattern
Write a pattern of notes on a white board and the student claps it out.
What is next in the circle of fifths after G?
D
Perfect fingering challenge. Play your RH on a F scale and your LH on a G flat scale.
RH is 12341234 and back the same. LH is 1234124 and back the same.
Short dictation
play IIrestI
Find the mistake.
Have the person look at their book while I play a section of it incorrectly. Have them find where I played it wrong.
Start anywhere in your recital piece, except for the beginning and play 4 measures and play them correctly.
Student finds their music and plays 4 measures.