Eula Ashworth Lindfors

Guild Musicianship

All the requirements for the Irreducible Minimum Musicianship Tests and Musicianship Phases of the National Guild of Piano Teachers Auditions, from the elementary through the preparatory (advanced) levels, are presented here. But this book isn’t just meant to prepare students for National Guild auditions. It offers a solid program of theory and technical practice that will benefit any student. The first part of the book contains sections on scales, chords and cadences, and arpeggios from the elementary through the intermediate levels. The second part expands on these topics through the advanced levels to include diminished and augmented chords and seventh-chord arpeggios. The book concludes with examples suggesting how to practice transposition, sight-reading, and ear training.