Music: Keyboard Skills
Technical Requirements
Chart indicates the technical requirements of the grade four piano exam. For further details (tempos, note values, octaves, examples, etc.) please refer to the RCM Piano Syllabus.
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Chords & Arpeggios |
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Parallel Motion |
Staccato |
Formula Pattern |
Chromatic |
Triads - broken |
Triads - solid |
Arpeggios |
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D major |
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A major |
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B-flat major |
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E-flat major |
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B minor |
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F-sharp minor |
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G minor |
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C minor |
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List A - Baroque repertoire
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Composer |
Title |
Source |
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Babell, William |
Rigadoon in A minor |
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Bach, C. P. E. |
March in D major, BWV Anh. 122 |
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Bach, J. S. |
English Suite no. 3 in G minor, BWV 808 Musette |
Englische Suiten. M24 .B33E5 1951 Bk. A Keyboard music: the Bach Gesellschaft edition M22 B115 K48 1970 |
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Bach, J. S. |
Minuet in F Maj., BWV Anh. 113 Minuet in G Maj., BWV Anh. 116 Minuet in C min., BWV Anh. 121 Minuet in D min., BWV Anh. 132 |
Twenty easy pieces from the notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach : for piano solo M22 .B115N84 1980z |
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Handel, G. F. |
Air in D minor, HWV 461 |
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Handel, G. F. |
Air in B flat major, HWV 471 |
HHA iv/17, 118 M3 .H23 Ser.4 Bd.17 1975 |
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Handel, G. F. |
Sonata in G major, op. 1, no. 5, HWC 363b Boureé |
HHA iv/3, 26 M3 .H23 Ser.4 Bd.3 1995 |
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Hassler, J. W. |
Allegro in E minor |
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Mozart, W. A. |
Minuet in D major, K 94/37h |
Available online: http://bit.ly/pZPfkR |
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Scarlatti, Domenico |
Sonata in D minor, L423, K32 |
Available online: http://bit.ly/vivy3Z |
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Telemann, Georg Philipp |
Fantasia in E minor, TWV 33:21 3rd section: Trés vite |
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Telemann, Georg Philipp |
Fantasia in G major, TWV 33:7 2nd section: Largo |
Available online: http://bit.ly/rVTVBY |
List B - Classical repertoire
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Composer |
Title |
Source |
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Beethoven, L. |
Twelve German Dances, WoO13 No. 9 |
Available online: http://bit.ly/t7vxru |
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Clementi, M. |
Sonatina in G maj. Op. 36, no. 2. 2nd mvt. |
Available online: http://bit.ly/udOuCY Six Sonatinas for Piano, op. 36 M23 C63 P76 1971 |
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Clementi, M. |
Sonatina in G maj. Op. 36, no. 2. 3rd mvt. |
Available online: http://bit.ly/udOuCY Celebration series Piano repertoire, 4. Six Sonatinas for Piano, op. 36 M23 C63 P76 1971 |
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Diabelli, A. |
Sonatina in G maj., op. 151 no. 1 |
Available online: http://bit.ly/uETIxv |
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Diabelli, A. |
Sonatina in F maj., op. 168, no. 1 |
Celebration series Piano repertoire, 4. Available online: http://bit.ly/vwDkax |
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Haydn, F. J. |
Sonata in F maj., Hob. XVI:9. 3rd mvt.: Scherzo |
Celebration series Piano repertoire, 4. Available online: http://bit.ly/s70KVb |
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Melertin, Erkki |
Sonatina |
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Schmitt, Jacob |
Sonatina in G major, op. 249, no. 2. 1st mvt. |
Available online: http://bit.ly/viE4rg |
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Türk, D. G. |
German Song |
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Wesley, S. |
Sonatina in B flat maj., op. 4, no. 8 |
Celebration series Piano repertoire, 4. |
List C - Romantic, 20th- and 21st-century repertoire
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Composer |
Title |
Source |
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Archer, Violet |
Waltzing Along |
Available to loan from CMC: http://bit.ly/uADFRG |
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Archer, Violet |
Rondino Wide Open Spaces |
Available to loan from CMC: http://bit.ly/s23cNQ |
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Berlin, Boris |
Monkeys in the Tree |
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Burgmüller, J. F. F. |
Ballade, op. 100, no. 15 |
Available online: http://bit.ly/uSnPuF |
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Champagne, Claude |
Petit scherzo |
Available to loan from CMC: http://bit.ly/v3fmyc |
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Chatman, Stephen |
Game of Hypnosis |
Available to loan from CMC: http://bit.ly/svBdKS |
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Coulthard, Jean |
Pleading |
Four Piano Pieces M25 .C85P2 |
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Crosby, Anna |
Dreamcatcher |
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Duke, David |
Barcarole |
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Fiala, George |
Mood in Dorian Mode |
Available to loan from CMC: http://bit.ly/rvtOwY |
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Fiala, George |
Almost a Waltz |
Available to loan from CMC: http://bit.ly/sHNSa8 |
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Grechanov, A. T. |
Happy Meeting |
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Gurlitt, Cornelius |
Dancing on the Green |
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Gurlitt, Cornelius |
Little Flower in F maj., op. 205, no. 8 |
Available online: http://bit.ly/tSUuO5 |
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Kabalevsky, Dmitri |
Chastushka, op. 89, no. 25 |
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Klein, Lothar |
Ballet Lesson Dots |
Available to loan from CMC: http://bit.ly/ulpq4n |
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Lea, William |
One-Two-Three O’Leary On the Mountain Stands a Lady |
Available to loan from CMC: http://bit.ly/v3fmyc |
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Milhaud, Darius |
Les Bonbons, op. 289 |
L’enfant aime/A Child Loves M24 M54 E5 |
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Muczynski, Robert |
Fable, op. 21, no. 3 |
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Nakada, Yoshinao |
A Winter Melody |
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Norton, Christopher |
Play it Again |
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Papp, Lajos |
The Rooster Crows |
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Pentland, Barbara |
Aubade |
Music of Now, 3. MT243 P46 M8 |
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Reubart, Dale |
Thinguma Jig |
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Schumann, Robert |
The Wild Horseman, op. 68, no. 8 |
Celebration series Piano repertoire, 4. Album für die Jugend, op. 68. M1380 S38 A5 1900 |
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Schumann, Robert |
The Happy Farmer, op. 68, no. 10 |
Album für die Jugend, op. 68. M1380 S38 A5 1900 |
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Schumann, Robert |
The First Loss, op. 68, no. 10 |
Album für die Jugend, op. 68. M1380 S38 A5 1900 |
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Sheftel, Paul |
Nocturn |
Celebration series Piano repertoire, 4. |
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Szelényi, István |
Changing Bars |
Celebration series Piano repertoire, 4. |
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Tansman, Alexandre |
Mélodie |
Celebration series Piano repertoire, 4. |
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Tchaikovsky, P. I. |
The Doll’s Funeral, op. 39, no. 7 Italian Song, op. 39, no. 15 Old French Song, op. 39, no. 16 |
Available online: http://bit.ly/sz9mec |
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Telfer, Nancy |
Feller from Fortune |
Available to loan from CMC: http://bit.ly/rTBmpa |
How to use this guide
This LibGuide is intended for students who are completing the grade four piano examination requirements for MUS 160.0. Listed here are pieces from the Royal Conservatory of Music grade four piano syllabus that are also available through the USask Library or other online sources. Students must perform three pieces, one from list A, B, and C in addition to the technical requirements to satisfy the exam requirements.
For information about the keyboard skills requirements contact:
Kathleen Solose, Professor
Dept. of Music, University of Saskatchewan
kathleen.solose@usask.ca
306 966 6179
For help finding library resources contact:
Carolyn Doi, Music Librarian
carolyn.doi@usask.ca
306 966 2433
Key Resources
Piano syllabus : the Royal Conservatory of Music official examination syllabusCall Number: MT10 .P53 2008ISBN: 1554401968Publication Date: 2008
Keyboard technique
Keyboard theory and piano technique by Call Number: MT231 .C593 2008ISBN: 0973950072Publication Date: 2008