LEVEL 6

NOTATION OF PITCH: Identify and draw: Enharmonic spelling of notes NOTATION OF RHYTHM: Identify and draw: Three eighth notes, four sixteenth notes, two sixteenth notes Complete: Examples of notation in 3/8, 6/8, 9/8 using notes and rests studied thus far KEY SIGNATURES AND SCALES: Identify and draw: All Major keys up to and including 3 sharps and 3 flats Draw scales one octave ascending. Use whole notes. Use accidentals as needed. HARMONIC STUDY: Identify and draw: Triads (chords) in root position for all Major keys up to and including 3 sharps and 3 flats Identify and draw: Major and minor 2nds and 3rds above any note TERMINOLOGY: adagio: slow, slower than andante a tempo: return to original tempo after ritard or accelerando con spirito: with spirit marcato (marc.): with emphasis giocoso: happy or joyful poco a poco: little by little common time: indicated by 4/4 or C I, tonic: first degree of the scale IV, subdominant: fourth degree of the scale V, dominant: fifth degree of the scale enharmonic: notes spelled differently but sound the same root: the note of the triad (chord) that gives the triad its name EXAMPLE: Identify any of the concepts studied thus far in a musical example AURAL AWARENESS: (Same as Level 5) Identify: select the rhythm pattern or melody played accelerando or ritard in a melody tempo as andante or allegro Distinguish: sound of two tones - 4th or 5th, Major 2nd or Major 3rd Complete: add note(s) to complete a rhythm pattern a melody within the staff place a fermata or an accent in the melody tones in a Major scale REVIEW MATERIAL: Level 6 test will contain concepts from the previous levels