Grade 9 Skill and Knowledge Requirements

Articulations: See reverse

Scales – major scales with arpeggios and thirds

1. B flat concert2. F concert3. E flat concert4. A flat concert5. D flat concert6. Chromatic (two octave)7. C Concert8. G concert9. D concert10. Relative natural, harmonic and melodic minor scales

Note Values:

Time Signatures:

Other Concepts:

Syncoption (syn-co-pa) Tones, semitones and enharmonic tones Accidentals Order of sharps and flats (b - BEADGCF), (# - FCGDAEB) Major Scale Structure and numerical names for notes in scale Chromatic Scale Structure Minor Scale Structure – natural, harmonic, and melodic Intervals: 1st, 3rd, 5th (major, minor, perfect) Staff (treble and bass) Note names Leger Lines

Terminology:

Tempo: largo, lento, andante, moderato, allegretto, allegro, presto, vivace, vivo, grave, larghetto, adagio,andantino

Tempo change: fermata, rallentando, ritardando, accelerando, a tempo, tempo primo, allargando, meno mosso, piu mosso

Indicators of form: da capo, D.C., dal segno, D.S., coda, al fine,

Dynamics: piano (p), mezzo piano (mp), mezzo forte (mf), forte (f),fortissimo (ff) crescendo, decrescendo, diminuendo (dim), pianissimo (pp), forte piano (fp), sforzando (sfz)

Style: accent, legato, marcato, staccato, maestoso, tenuto, agitato, cantabile, con moto, dolce, grandioso, grazioso, meno, molto, poco a poco, piu, sempre, simile, sostenuto, subito

General terms: solo, soli, tutti, anacrusis, divisi (div), unison, tacet