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    The document provides guidelines for instrument performance placement testing for students entering the Bachelor of Music in Performance degree program at Musicians Institute. It explains that students will undergo individual tests to assess their skills, and may qualify to skip introductory courses or be required to take preparatory courses in addition to their regular schedule. It then outlines the general areas that will be covered for different instruments, including scales, chords, reading, and style/performance elements for guitar, bass, drums, voice, and keyboards.

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    The document provides guidelines for instrument performance placement testing for students entering the Bachelor of Music in Performance degree program at Musicians Institute. It explains that students will undergo individual tests to assess their skills, and may qualify to skip introductory courses or be required to take preparatory courses in addition to their regular schedule. It then outlines the general areas that will be covered for different instruments, including scales, chords, reading, and style/performance elements for guitar, bass, drums, voice, and keyboards.

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    MI Instrument Performance Placement Test

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    The document provides guidelines for instrument performance placement testing for students entering the Bachelor of Music in Performance degree program at Musicians Institute. It explains that students will undergo individual tests to assess their skills, and may qualify to skip introductory courses or be required to take preparatory courses in addition to their regular schedule. It then outlines the general areas that will be covered for different instruments, including scales, chords, reading, and style/performance elements for guitar, bass, drums, voice, and keyboards.

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    Musicians Institute

    Bachelor of Music in Performance

    Instrument Performance Placement Testing:


    Guidelines for Incoming Students

    Two weeks prior to the beginning of classes, students entering the Bachelor
    Degree program are required to undergo individual placement tests to measure
    their instrument performance skills. Based on the results of these tests, some
    students may qualify for advanced placement in one or more courses and others
    may be required to take one or more non-credit preparatory courses in addition
    to their regular course schedule in other subjects.

    The guidelines below describe the general subject areas that will be covered
    during the instrument performance placement tests. Use them to help organize
    your practicing and music studies before arriving at MI.

    Early Placement Testing


    To assist you in organizing your practice in preparation for entering the program,
    you may request an Early Placement Test for instrument proficiency. The
    advantage of taking an early placement test is to know your placement level well
    in advance of starting the program and to give you time to improve your
    proficiency in weak areas.

    You may request an Early Placement Test through your Admissions


    Representative at any point after you have received your official acceptance
    letter.

    If you meet all minimum course requirements during your early test, you will not
    need to re-take the test before beginning the program.

    If you do not meet all minimum course requirements during your early test, you
    will be retested in all areas prior to entering the program.

    Early Placement Testing is optional and does not guarantee that you will be
    placed at a higher level. There is no penalty or risk for failing to meet minimum
    requirements during an Early Placement Test, but if you still do not meet
    minimum requirements at the time of the final placement test, you will be required
    to take preparatory courses.

    MI will make every effort to schedule your request for an Early Placement Test at
    your convenience, but test scheduling is subject to tester availability.

    Bachelor of Music in Performance


    Entrance Standards
    Below are the general placement test performance elements for each instrument.

    Guitar
    1. Technique
    Perform each of the following in at least two different positions:
    a. Diatonic major and minor scales
    b. Major and minor pentatonic scales
    c. Major and minor triad arpeggios
    d. Triad chord voicings: major, minor, diminished, augmented
    e. Seventh chord voicings: major 7, minor 7, dominant 7, minor seven flat
    five
    2. Reading
    a. Single note lines in various keys and styles
    b. Chord charts in various keys and styles
    3. Style and Performance
    Play rhythm and solo on a standard blues progression in any given key

    Bass
    1. Technique
    Perform each of the following in at least two different positions:
    a. Diatonic major, minor, and pentatonic scales
    b. Major, minor triad and diatonic seventh chord arpeggios
    c. Demonstrate the following fingering techniques:
    • String crossing
    • Hammer-ons
    • Pull-offs
    2. Reading
    a. Single note lines in various keys and styles
    b. Chord charts in various keys and styles
    3. Style and Performance
    Improvise over changes in styles including blues, swing walking lines,
    Latin clave, eighth and sixteenth-note rock patterns

    Drums
    1. Technique
    a. Basic snare drum rudiments
    b. Basic stick technique
    c. Accurate performance with a metronome
    2. Reading
    a. Snare Drum exercises including all rudiments
    b. Charts in various styles (Jazz, Rock, Latin, Funk, R&B, Shuffle)
    c. Various time signatures
    3. Style and Performance
    Play grooves in styles including swing, shuffle, rock, bossa, samba, and
    funk

    Bachelor of Music in Performance


    Entrance Standards
    Voice
    1. Vocal Technique
    Sing the following:
    a. Diatonic major and minor scales
    b. Chromatic and whole-tone scales
    c. Major and minor triad arpeggios
    d. Intervals ascending and descending
    2. Reading
    a. Clap rhythmic examples in various time signatures
    b. Sight-sing melodic examples in various keys
    3. Style and Performance
    Demonstrate basic performance and microphone technique in multiple
    song styles

    Keyboards
    1. Technique
    a. Diatonic major and minor scales, ascending and descending, with both
    hands
    b. Major, minor, diminished triads and diatonic seventh chord voicings,
    root position and inversions with both hands
    2. Reading
    a. Single lines in various styles
    b. Grand Staff in various styles
    3. Style and Performance
    a. Perform accompaniment patterns in styles including jazz, rock, Latin,
    shuffle, funk
    b. Blues accompaniment in various styles, all keys
    c. Solo in various styles including jazz, rock, Latin, shuffle, funk using
    different types of keyboards

    Bachelor of Music in Performance


    Entrance Standards

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