Requirements for Grade 3 Musical Theory
scales (major, 3 minors)semitone/tone and intervals
Self-practice songs in solfa, ta-titi and word.
Confirm title, key, key signature, and time signature.
Lil Liza Jane
Miller of Dee
My Bonnie Cuckoo
e.g. for Li'l Liza Jane:
Allegro : fast, Lively
con brio : with spirit
scherzando : playfully
senza : without
rall : getting slower
(senza rall = without getting slower)
Lil Liza Jane
Miller of Dee
My Bonnie Cuckoo
e.g. for Li'l Liza Jane:
Allegro : fast, Lively
con brio : with spirit
scherzando : playfully
senza : without
rall : getting slower
(senza rall = without getting slower)
Practice Sight Singing and Sight Clapping
Using IMSLP (International Music Score Library Project).
Sight Singing and Sight Clapping for Aural exam. For self-practice as follows:
1. Download a music score from IMSLP e.g. Search "Bach Invention 3 IMSLP"
2. Study the music. You may play the first note for your reference.
3. Try sing pitches with solfa and/or clap the rhythm with ta-titi
4. Use Youtube to confirm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Italian_musical_terms_used_in_English
Sight Singing and Sight Clapping for Aural exam. For self-practice as follows:
1. Download a music score from IMSLP e.g. Search "Bach Invention 3 IMSLP"
2. Study the music. You may play the first note for your reference.
3. Try sing pitches with solfa and/or clap the rhythm with ta-titi
4. Use Youtube to confirm
Musical terminology and other references
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_musical_terminologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Italian_musical_terms_used_in_English
Review
The Carillon from the L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1
"Arabian Dance" / Nutcracker Suite. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
"Dance of the reed pipes" / Nutcracker Suite. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Hoe-down from "Rodeo" by Aaron Copland
The Miller of Dee
Shirley Collins - The Bonny Cuckoo
