Pancyprian Music Studies study plan

Identify and write all major and minor key signatures up to seven accidentals from memory.

Construct all four triad qualities (major, minor, diminished, augmented) on any given root and label their inversions with figured bass.

Harmonize a given diatonic melody in four parts using primary triads, checking for parallel fifths and octaves.

Analyze ten short progressions in Roman numerals, marking cadence types (authentic, half, plagal, deceptive).

Realize figured-bass exercises using secondary dominants and diatonic seventh chords.

Write a first-species counterpoint exercise above and below a given cantus firmus, observing contrary and oblique motion rules.

Identify and correct voice-leading errors (parallels, hidden fifths, overlapping voices) in provided four-part textures.

Compose a short eight-bar chorale phrase using a prescribed cadence scheme.

Write second- and third-species counterpoint exercises against a cantus firmus, maintaining rhythmic independence.

Construct a tonal fugue exposition (subject, answer, countersubject, three entries) on a given subject.

Transcribe by ear ascending and descending intervals within an octave with at least 90% accuracy.

Notate short diatonic melodies played twice on a piano or app, focusing on rhythm and contour.

Transcribe four-part harmonic progressions by ear using Roman numerals and bass line.

Identify cadence types and phrase boundaries aurally in eight recorded excerpts.

Read and reduce a short orchestral or choral score to a two-staff piano reduction.

Label non-chord tones (passing, neighbor, suspension, appoggiatura) in a prepared score excerpt.

Construct a timeline of major style periods from medieval to contemporary, listing three representative composers and genres per period.

Compare formal and harmonic features of two works from different periods using score excerpts.

Identify by ear and score ten excerpts from the standard repertoire, naming composer, period, and genre.

Summarize the development of sonata form and its use in one Classical and one Romantic symphony movement.

Describe the main genres and instruments of Greek traditional music (dimotiko, rebetiko, kantada) with regional distinctions.

Outline the history of Cypriot music, including the role of the Byzantine chant tradition and local folk song forms.

Analyze a Cypriot folk melody for mode, meter, and ornamentation using a provided transcription.

Compare a Greek and a Cypriot folk song for shared and distinct stylistic traits.

Identify the principal instruments and rhythmic cycles of three non-Western traditions (e.g., Indian classical, West African drumming, Indonesian gamelan).

Diagram common forms (binary, ternary, rondo, sonata, theme and variations) and match them to listening examples.

Compose a short piece (16–32 bars) in a specified form and provide a formal diagram with phrase labels.

Compare the use of ostinato and cyclic form in two different traditions.

Notate a short passage in a notation software (e.g., MuseScore, Sibelius) including dynamics, articulations, and layout adjustments.

Explain the difference between MIDI and audio, and demonstrate basic quantization and mixing of a two-track project.

Review and correct a set of theory errors in a provided score (key signatures, chord labels, voice leading).

Complete a timed mock exam covering all domains, then categorize errors by domain.