02

MPW Grade 2

Elementary Player

Coordinate both hands, read more freely and begin useful chord and hymn work.

Technique
  • Hands-together five-finger patterns
  • C, G and F one-octave scale preparation
  • Legato and detached touch
Reading
  • Grand-staff reading around middle C
  • Steps, skips and repeated notes
  • Four-bar first-sight examples
Rhythm
  • Quarter rests
  • Paired eighth notes
  • Two-hand coordination in 4/4 and 3/4
Aural
  • Melodic direction
  • Match tonic
  • Echo four-note phrases
Theory
  • Major and minor sound
  • I and V7 in C
  • Dynamic and articulation markings
Repertoire
  • Four elementary pieces, including one lyrical and one rhythmic work
Hymns
  • Melody plus single-note bass
  • I–V7 hymn cadence
  • Simple two-bar introduction
Improvisation
  • Question-and-answer phrases in C
Performance
  • Continuous one-minute performance with a clear beginning and ending

Required evidence

Assignments

  1. Scale-shape check
  2. Grand-staff reading set
  3. Elementary hymn recording

Live teaching

Checkpoints

  1. Hands together
  2. Reading continuity
  3. Chord-change pulse
  4. Expression

Ready to progress

Exit competencies

  1. Coordinates two hands in simple textures
  2. Reads elementary grand-staff music
  3. Uses basic chords without losing pulse
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