The Musicianship Requirement applies to the Baroque/Classical and Romantic/Contemporary Festivals. 
 •	Levels are chosen at the discretion of the teacher. Choose one level from Scales and one level from Cadences. 
 •	Entrants must play a scale and cadence in the key of each piece entered. 
 •	If the pieces are in the same key, a second scale and cadence in a closely related key (dominant or parallel) must be played. 
 •	If a Contemporary piece is atonal, modal, or polytonal, a scale and cadence in a different key from the other piece must be played. 
 •	Entrants may choose when to play the scale and cadence. 
 •	The judge is to drop the final performance rating one degree (S to S-, S- to E+, etc.) if the requirement is performed unacceptably. Unacceptable can mean wrong notes, poor fingering, lack of pulse, or only one scale played. 
 •	If an entrant chooses to omit the requirement, the final performance rating may not exceed E+. 
 •	Write the levels on the critique sheet. (Example: 1-A, 2-B, 3-D, etc. 
Scales
Level	Play	Hands	
1	Five finger hand position	Alone or together	
2	Tetrachord scales	Two hands	
3	Scale – number of octaves at teacher's discretion	Alone	
4	Scale – number of octaves at teacher's discretion	Together	
5	Scale – contrary motion	Together	
6	Double note scale – choose 3rds, 6ths, or 10ths – number of octaves at teacher's discretion	Together	

Cadences
Level	Play	How?	Hands					
A	Tonic chord	Broken or solid chords	Alone	
B	I-V-I	All root position chords	Alone	
C	I-IV-I-V-I	All root position chords	Alone or together	
D	I-V(7)-I	From root position; root only or solid chords in the bass	Together
	
E	I-IV-I-V (and/or V(7)-I	From root position; root only or solid chords in the bass	Together	
F	I-IV-I-V [and/orV(7)]-I	All inversions, root only or solid chords in the bass	Together