Theory Guidelines
LEVEL 11

NOTATION OF PITCH:
  • Identify and Draw: All notes possible for treble staff and bass staff
NOTATION OF RHYTHM:
  • Identify and Draw: Quarter note triplet
  • Complete: Examples of notation in all time signatures
KEY SIGNATURES AND SCALES:

Identify and Draw:
  • All Major keys
  • All minor keys (harmonic and natural/pure) up to and including 6 sharps and 6 flats
  • Draw scales one octave ascending. Use whole notes. Use accidentals as needed.
HARMONIC STUDY:

Identify and Draw:
  • Root position triads (chords) including Tonic, Subdominant and Dominant of all Major and all minor keys
  • Progression for cadences: authentic (V-I), plagal (IV-I), deceptive (V-vi)
INTERVALS: Identify and Draw: Diminished 5ths and 7ths above any note

TERMINOLOGY:
  • opus (Op.): work
  • assai: very
  • largo: very slow
  • scherzando: a playful style of performance
  • calando: becoming softer and slower
  • con fuoco: with fire
  • a cappella: unaccompanied
  • trill: alternation of two notes a second apart
  • whole tone scale: 6-note scale constructed entirely of whole steps
MUSICAL EXAMPLE: Identify any of the concepts studied thus far in a musical example

AURAL AWARENESS:

Identify:
  • sound of interval as Maj. 3rd, Perf. 4th, Aug. 4th
  • sound of scale as Major, chromatic, whole tone
  • sound of triad (chord) as Major, Augmented, diminished
  • sound of cadence as authentic, plagal, deceptive
Distinguish:
  • sound of interval as diminished 5th or diminished 7th
Complete:
  • musical example Using note values and pitches in 9/8
REVIEW MATERIAL: Level 11 test will contain concepts from previous levels.