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Tuition and resources for English and Music
The course is planned to give students a good grounding in basic theory. It will prepare students for the Royal Schools grade 5 and Trinity College grade 4 theory examinations. It will also be valuable for students who wish to take school music at year 11 or above, or who would like to take the AMusTCL course, but do not have the basic grounding in theory.
Notating simple rhythms
VALUES OF NOTES AND RESTS, SPACING AND BEAMING, 6/8 TIME
Key Facts
KEY SIGNATURES, DEGREES OF THE SCALE, MAJOR/MINOR CHORDS
Time signatures
SIMPLE AND COMPOUND METRES AND TIME SIGNATURES
Intervals
NUMERIC, DIATONIC AND CHROMATIC
Notating chords
FIGURED BASSES, JAZZ/ROCK, NUMERALS
Instruments of the Orchestra
TECHNIQUES, REGISTERS, CLEFS, TRANSPOSING INSTRUMENTS
Cadences
FINDING CADENCES, FINAL CADENCES, OTHER CADENCES
Terms and Signs
ARTICULATION, TEMPO, DYNAMICS, MOOD AND TECHNIQUE
Notating complex rhythms
IRREGULAR TIME SIGNATURES, GROUPING NOTES AND RESTS
Reading music for voices and instruments
CLEFS, TRANSPOSITION, SATB (closed and open score)
Writing melodies
CONTINUING A MELODY FOR AN INSTRUMENT *
Advanced Notation
BREVES, DOUBLE DOTS, DUPLETS, DOUBLE SHARPS AND FLATS
Ornamentation
COMMON ORNAMENTS, SMALL NOTES
Inversions
INVERTED INTERVALS AND CHORDS, 6/4-5/3 MELODIC INVERSION
* Note: the course does not cover the word-setting option in the Royal Schools grade 5 examination.