Theory Requirements 2006-2007

Theory Requirements 2006-2007

ELEMENTARY MUSIC RUDIMENTS – MARK SARNECKI
PRELIMINARY (GREEN & PURPLE BOOK)

GRADE 10

/ DESCRIPTION
LIST OF MUSICAL TERMS AND SIGNS
(PP. 90-91) / Definition of terms and signs.

PITCH NOTATION IN MUSIC

(PP. 4-8) / Note names from A to G; notes ascending or descending; 5 – line staff; Treble and Bass clefs; relation to keyboard; ledger lines/spaces; beaming; the tie, the dot; staff placement of rests.

METRES IN MUSIC

(PP. 9-15)
(PP. 58-72) / Only simple/binary metres, including the following ideas: beat and tempo; beat and metre; nine different time/metre signatures:
2 3 4 2 (c) 3 4 2 3 4 (c)
8 8 8 2 2 2 4 4 4
Common Time and Cut Time; adding correct Time/Metre Signatures; completing bars with rests; Beaming Rule in different simple/binary metres.

PIANO KEYBOARD

(PP. 19-22) / Keyboard to staff; sharps, flats, naturals on keyboard; Tones and Semitones (both chromatic and diatonic); enharmonic equivalents, whole tones, accidentals.

MAJOR SCALES

(PP. 23-35) / Up to 4 sharps and 4 flats, using T/st pattern and correct Key Signatures, identify Tonic, Subdominant, and Dominant scale degrees.
INTERVAL NOTATION
(PP. 40-45) / Notate and/ or identify Major and Perfect intervals; change Major to Minor intervals

ELEMENTARY MUSIC RUDIMENTS

PRELIMINARY – GREEN & PURPLE BOOK /

ELEMENTARY MUSIC RUDIMENTS

GRADE 1 – ORANGE AND RED BOOK

GRADE 11

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GRADE 12

GRADE 10 CONCEPTS

See page above /

GRADE 10 AND GRADE 11 CONCEPTS

See page above and left-hand column
MUSICAL TERMS & SIGNS (PP. 90-91)Definition of terms and signs. / MUSICAL TERMS & SIGNS ( PP.7-8, 105-106)Definition of terms and signs.
MAJOR SCALES (PP. 23-35)Up to 4 sharps and 4 flats in both Treble and Bass clefs with and without key signature from tonic to tonic. / MAJOR SCALES (PP. 11-17)Up to 7 sharps and 7 flats in both Treble and Bass clefs with and without key signature from and to any technical degree of the scale.
MINOR SCALES (PP.46-54)Up to 4 sharps and four flats in both Treble and Bass clefs with and without key signature from tonic to tonic, Natural, Harmonic, Melodic, Relative major and minor. / MINOR SCALES (PP. 18-24) Up to 7 sharps and 7 flats in both Treble and Bass clefs with and without key signature from and to any technical degree of the scale, Natural, Harmonic, Melodic, Relative major and minor.
TONES AND SEMITONES (PP. 19-22)Tones and semitones (chromatic and diatonic.), Whole tones, Accidentals. / TONES AND SEMITONES (PP. 9-10)Tones and semitones (chromatic and diatonic), T+st using “next” letter name, Double Sharps and Double Flats.
SCALE DEGREES (PP. 28-30)Technical names of scale degrees for Tonic, Subdominant, and Dominant / SCALE DEGREES (PAGE 10)Technical names of scale degrees including all technical names in any Major or Minor scale. (Harmonic minor is assumed unless otherwise indicated.)
TRIADS (PP. 73-78)Major triads, triads in Minor(harmonic) scales – Tonic, Dominant and Subdominant only. / TRIADS (PP. 66- 71)Major triads, triads in Minor(harmonic) scales – Tonic, Dominant, and Subdominant only, Root, 1st Inversion, 2nd Inversion.
TRANSPOSITION (PP. 81-83)Octave transposition up or down in same or “other” clef of Treble and Bass clefs. / TRANSPOSITION (PP. 92-98)Transposition up or down various intervals in same or “other” clef of Treble and Bass clefs.
KEY IDENTIFICATION (PP. 79-80)Identification of key, given key signature; Major or Minor keys. / KEY IDENTIFICATION (PP. 89-91)Identification of key, given key signature; Major or Minor keys.
INTERVALS (PP. 40-45)Identification and notation of melodic and harmonic intervals; major/perfect or major to minor. / INTERVALS (PP. 35-42)Identification and notation of melodic and harmonic intervals; major/perfect or major to minor, identifying intervals in particular Major/Minor scales, Augmented and Diminished.
TIME SIGNATURES
2 3 4 2 (c) 3 4 2 3 4 (c)
8 8 8 2 2 2 4 4 4 / TIME SIGNATURES (PP.46-62)
Simple/binary plus Compound/Ternary
BAR COMPLETION (PP. 9-15, 58-72)
Completing bars with appropriate rests. / BAR COMPLETION (PP.46-62)
Completing bars with appropriate rests.
TUPLETS (PAGE 63)
Triplets within a beat, over two beats. / TUPLETS (PP. 54-56)
Triplets within a beat, over two beats; duplets and triplets in compound/ternary and quintuplets/sextuplets in simple/binary metres.