RCM Music Theory Prep – Lessons & Games The following concepts are covered in this app and support musical development at the RCM Preparatory Level.
Pitch and Notation Scales • staff • C major scale • grand staff • A minor scale, natural form • treble clef • scale degree names: tonic • bass clef • bar line Chords • measure • notes up to and including one • tonic triad of C major in root position, ledger line above and below solid/blocked and broken the treble staff and bass staff • tonic triad of A minor in root position, • notes adjacent to middle C solid/blocked and broken on the treble staff and bass staff • location of notes on a keyboard Musical Terms and Signs diagram • accent • crescendo Rhythm and Meter • decrescendo • whole, half, quarter, and • forte eighth notes and rests • legato • mezzo forte • time signatures: • mezzo piano • piano • staccato • slur
Exclusively for iPad 1 RCM Music Theory 1 – Lessons & Games Building on the Preparatory level, the following concepts in this app support musical development for RCM Level 1 Theory. Pitch and Notation Music History • notes up to and including two ledger • Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev lines above and below the treble staff • Carnival of the Animals and bass staff by Camille Saint-Saëns • accidentals: sharp, flat, and natural ○ The Elephant • half steps and whole steps ○ Kangaroos • measure numbers ○ Aquarium ○ The Swan Rhythm and Meter • dotted half notes and rests Musical Terms and Signs • time signatures: • allegro • ties • andante • a tempo • diminuendo, dim. Scales • lento • the major scale pattern • moderato • scale degree names: tonic • ritardando, rit. and dominant • tempo • G major scale • common time • F major scale • double bar line • key signatures: G major, F major, • fermata A minor • tie • review of terms and signs from the Intervals RCM Preparatory level • harmonic and melodic intervals • interval sizes up to and including an Melody and Composition octave (numerical size only) • motives • composition of a short melody: Chords ○ in a major key • tonic triad of C, G, F major, and ○ with a given rhythm A minor in root position (solid/blocked ○ using repeated notes and notes or broken form) moving by step ○ ending on a tonic • triad structure: root, third, fifth
Exclusively for iPad 2 RCM Music Theory 2 – Lessons & Games Building on previous levels, the following concepts in this app support musical development for RCM Level 2 Theory. Pitch and Notation Music History • notes up to and including three ledger • the life and music of Wolfgang Amadeus lines above and below the treble staff Mozart, with emphasis on his childhood and bass staff ○ Twelve Variations on “Ah, vous • stems and beams dirai-je, maman” (“Twinkle, Twinkle, • repeat signs Little Star”) ○ Horn Concerto in E flat major Rhythm and Meter
• dotted quarter note Musical Terms and Signs • strong, weak, and medium beats • allegretto • application of time signatures • D.C. al Fine bar lines, notes, and rests • da capo. D.C. • fine Scales • fortissimo • scale degree numbers (1–8 ) • molto • C, G, and F major scales (using key • pianissimo signatures and/or accidentals) • poco • A, E, and D minor scales, natural and • presto harmonic forms (using key signatures • rallentando, rall. and/or accidentals) • pedal markings • relative major/minor key relationships • repeat sign • scale degree names: tonic, subdominant, • tenuto dominant, and leading tone • review of terms and signs from RCM Prep and Level 1 Theory Intervals • harmonic and melodic intervals Melody and Composition • interval sizes up to and including an • composition of a short melody: octave (numerical size only) ○ in a major key with a given rhythm ○ using steps and skips Chords ○ ending on scale degree 1 or 3 • tonic triads of C, G, F major and A, E, D minor keys in root position • (solid/ blocked or broken form) • functional chord symbols (I, i) • root/quality chord symbols (for example, C, Am)
Exclusively for iPad 3 RCM Music Theory 3 – Lessons & Games Building on the previous levels, the following concepts in this app support musical development for RCM Level 3 Theory. Pitch and Notation Music History • transposition up or down one octave • an introduction to the life and musical within the treble or bass staff career of Johann Sebastian Bach • enharmonic equivalents, using sharp, • music for dancing flat, and natural signs ○ menuet, gavotte, and gigue
Rhythm and Meter Musical Terms and Signs
• conducting patterns • cantabile • the anacrusis • dal segno, D.S. • sixteenth notes and rests • dolce • dotted eighth notes and rests • grazioso • maestoso • marcato Scales • ottava, 8va • D and B flat major scales • review of terms and signs from • G and B minor scales previous RCM Music Theory levels • minor scales: natural, melodic and harmonic form • scale degree names: tonic, Melody and Composition subdominant, dominant, leading tone, • composition of a short melody: and subtonic ○ in a major key with a given rhythm ○ using steps, skips, and occasional leaps between notes of the tonic Intervals and dominant triads • perfect and major intervals ○ ending on a stable pitch (1 or 3) • minor thirds
Chords • major, minor, and parallel triads • dominant triads • functional chord symbols (I, i, V) • root/quality chord symbols (for example, F, Em)
Exclusively for iPad 4 RCM Music Theory 4 – Lessons & Games Building on the previous levels, the following concepts in this app support musical development for RCM Level 4 Theory. Pitch and Notation Music History • transposition up or down one octave, • families of orchestral instruments including change of clef • The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra by Benjamin Britten Rhythm and Meter • The Nutcracker by Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (Waltz of the Flowers, • triplets Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy) • time signatures Musical Terms and Signs Scales • accelerando, accel. • major and minor scales (natural, • adagio harmonic, and melodic forms) • mano destra, m.d. up to three sharps or flats (using • mano sinistra, m.s. key signatures and/or accidentals) • prestissimo • scale degree names: tonic, • Tempo primo (Tempo I) subdominant, dominant, leading tone, • vivace and subtonic • breath mark • down bow Intervals • up bow • melodic and harmonic intervals (major, minor, and perfect, up to an Melody and Composition octave, above the tonic of required • composition of a four-measure melody: major keys only, using key signatures ○ in a major key or accidentals ○ using a mixture of steps, skips, and leaps between notes of the Chords tonic and dominant triads • tonic, subdominant, and dominant ○ ending on degree stable pitch triads of required keys in root position (solid/blocked or broken form) • functional chord symbols (I, i, IV, v, V) • root/quality chord symbols (for example, C, Bm)
Exclusively for iPad