What topics will be covered in the Doctor Mozart theory workbook
series?
Doctor Mozart theory workbooks are suitable for use alone, or to supplement
other methods. They also cover the curriculum of the Royal Conservatory of
Music Preliminary theory program.
Book 1
Pitch
- treble and bass clefs
- names of notes on staff and on keyboard
- ledger line for middle C
- accidentals (sharps, flats, naturals)
- semitones (diatonic and chromatic)
Rhythm
- time values (duration) of notes and rests
- time signatures: 2/4, 3/4, 4/4
- bar lines and rests in simple time
- addition of time signature, bar lines, and rests to a given line of
music.
Musical Terms and Signs
- forte
- piano mezzo forte
- mezzo piano
- fortissimo
- pianissimo
- accent
- staccato
- legato
- slur
- tie
- diminuendo
- crescendo
- repeat signs
- double bar lines
Subsequent Levels
Pitch
- names and use of ledger lines (up to five above and below treble clef and
bass clef)
- whole tones
Rhythm
- dotted notes
- triplets
- time signatures:2/2, 3/2, 4/2, 2/8, 3/8, 4/8
Scales
Keys up to and including 4 sharps or flats
Writing and identification of:
- major scales
- minor scales (natural, harmonic and melodic)
- key signatures for the above scales
- tonic, subdominant, and dominant notes of the above scales
Intervals
-
Perfect, major, and minor intervals above a given note for keys up or and
including 4 sharps and flats. (no inversions)
- Triads (keys up to and including 4 sharps or flats)
- triads in root position on the tonic, subdominant, and dominant notes of
major and minor scales (in close position only), with or without key
signatures
- Recognition of keys (keys up to and including 4 sharps or flats)
- identification of the key (major or minor) of a given excerpt with a key
signature
- Transposition (keys up to and including 4 sharps or flats)
- transposition of a melody up or down an octave
- transposition of a melody from one clef to another
Analysis
Analysis of musical compositions, identifying chords, keys, time signatures,
time values etc.
Musical Terms and Signs
- a tempo
- adagio
- allegretto
- allegro
- andante
- andantino
- cantabile
- con pedale
- Ped.
- da capo
- D.C.
- dal segno
- D. S.
- dolce
- fine
- grazioso
- larghetto
- largo
- lento
- maestoso
- mano destra
- M.D.
- mano sinistra
- M. S.
- marcato
- marc.
- moderato
- ottava
- 8va
- presto
- prestissimo
- rallentando
- rall.
- ritardando
- rit.
- tempo
- tempo primo (tempo I)
- fermata
- pedale
- dal segno
- 8va...............
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