LEVEL 4

NOTATION OF PITCH: Identify and draw: Natural sign Know: The correct placement of the sharp, flat, natural (before the note, after the letter name) NOTATION OF RHYTHM: Identify and draw: Dotted half note KEY SIGNATURES: Identify: C Major, G Major, F Major INTERVALS: Identify: 2nd and 3rd (no distinction major/minor) TERMINOLOGY: andante: walking tempo moderato: medium or moderate tempo, faster than andante allegro: quick tie: a curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch lengthening the value of the first note slur: a curved line indicating legato playing crescendo (cresc.): gradually louder diminuendo (dim.): gradually softer accidental: a sharp, flat, or natural not in the key signature D.C.: Da capo, the beginning Fine: the end D.C. al Fine: return to the beginning and play to Fine interval: the distance between two notes 8va: play one octave higher or one octave lower than written fermata: to hold a note or rest MUSICAL EXAMPLE: Identify any of the concepts studied thus far in a musical example AURAL AWARENESS: (Same as Level 3) Identify: tones sounding high or low in pitch tones sounding forte or piano (loud or soft) two measure melody played staccato or legato sound of two tones as a 2nd or 3rd melody growing gradually louder or gradually softer Distinguish: two tones as being the same or different in pitch second tone higher or lower than first tone second tone louder or softer than first tone second tone one octave higher or one octave lower than first tone REVIEW MATERIAL: The Level 4 test will include material from Level 3