MUSIC THEORY SYLLABUS GRADES 1-5

TEORA AB Guide: pginas 1-14 1/1 Time Values 1/2 Time Signatures 1/3 Tempo 1/4 Rhythm 2/1 2/2 2/3 2/4 Pitch names and notation The major scale Key Signatures Accidentals

EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: lecciones 1-35 1 The Staff 2 The Treble Clef and Staff 3 The Bass Clef and Staff 4 Review of Lessons 1-4 5 Whole, Half, Quarter Notes 6 Measures, Bar Lines, Double Bar Lines 7 Time Signayures and Note Values 8 Review of Lessons 5-7 9 The Grand Staff 10 Leger Lines 11 Whole, Half, Quarter Rests 12 Review of Lessons 9-11 13 Another Time Signature 14 Another Time Signature 15The Dotted Half Note 16 Review of Lessons 13-15 17 Ties and Slurs 18 Repeat Signs 19 First and Second Endings 20 Review of Lessons 17-19 21 Eighth Notes 22 Eighth Rest 23 Dotted Quarter Notes 24 Review of Lessons 21-23 25 Flat 26 Sharp 27 Natural 28 Review of Lessons 25-27 29 Whole and Half Steps 30 Chromatic Scale

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The Major Scale Review of Lessons 29-31 More Major Scales (F & G) Other Major Scales (Bb, Eb, D, A) Key Signatures Review of Lessons 33-35

TEORA AB Guide: pginas 15-17 3/1 Rests 3/2 Ties and dots EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: lecciones 45-46 45 Sixteenth Notes 46 Sixteenth Rests TEORA AB Guide: pginas 18-20

3/3 Triplets and compound time 3/4 The basis of simple and compound time notation EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: lecciones 47-48 47 Dotted Eighth Notes 48 Review of Lessons 45-47 TEORA AB Guide: pginas 33-34 5/1 Note groupings in simple and compound time 5/2 Rest groupings in simple and compound time (1 de 2) EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: lecciones 53-54 53 More Time Signatures 54 Another Way to Count TEORA AB Guide: pginas 35-36 5/2 Rest groupings in simple and compound time (2 de 2) 5/3 Groupings in other time signatures (1 de 2) EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: lecciones 55-56 55 Triplets, Syncopation 56 Review of Lessons 53-55

TEORA AB Guide: pginas 37-38 5/3 Groupings in other time signatures (2 de 2) 5/4 Duplets 5/5 Other irregular time divisions (1 de 2) EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: 41 Dynamics TEORA AB Guide: pginas 39-40 5/5 Other irregular time divisions (2 de 2) EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: 42 D.C. and D. S., Coda and Fine TEORA AB Guide: pginas 41-43 6/1 Rhythmic notation of words 6/2 Setting word rhythms to music (1 de 2) EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: 43 Tempo Markings and Other Musical Symbols

TEORA AB Guide: pginas 44-45 6/2 Setting word rhythms to music (2 de 2) 6/3 Syncopation EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: 44 Review of Lessons 41-43

TEORA AB Guide: pginas 21-22 4/1 Major scales and the circle of fifths (1 de 2) EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: 37 Circle of Fifths (Major Sharp Keys)

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TEORA AB Guide: pginas 23-24

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4/1 Major scales and the circle of fifths (2 de 2) 4/2 Minor scales and keys (1 de 2) EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: 38 Circle of Fifths (Major Flat Keys)

TEORA AB Guide: pginas 25-26 4/2 Minor scales and keys (2 de 2) 4/3 Relative major/minor keys (1 de 2) EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: 39 Circle of Fifths (All Major Keys)

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TEORA AB Guide: pginas 27-28 4/3 Relative major/minor keys (2 de 2) 4/4 Names of scale degrees EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: 40 Review of Lessons 37-39

TEORA AB Guide:pginas 29-30 4/5 Double sharps and double flats 4/6 The chromatic scale (1 de 2)

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EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: 73 Relative Minor Key Signatures Natural Minor

TEORA AB Guide: pginas 31-32 4/6 The chromatic scale (2 de 2) 4/7 C clefs EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: 74 Harmonic Minor

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TEORA AB Guide: pginas 98-99 13/1 Rests of more than one bar 13/2 Reiterated notes (1 de 2) EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: 75 Melodic Minor

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TEORA AB Guide: pginas 100-101 13/2 Reiterated notes (2 de 2) 13/3 Repetition of groups and bars 13/4 Repeats of whole sections of music (1 de 2) EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: 76 Review of Lessons 73-75

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TEORA AB Guide: pginas 102-103 13/4 Repeats of whole sections of music (2 de 2) EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: 49 Intervals

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TEORA AB Guide: pginas 46-47 7/1 Intervals within an octave (1 de 3) EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: 50 Diatonic Intervals

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TEORA AB Guide: pginas 48-49 7/1 Intervals within an octave (2 de 3) EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: 51 Chromatic Intervals

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 AB Guide: pginas 50-51 7/1 Intervals within an octave (3 de 3) 7/2 Transposition (1 de 2) EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: 52 Review of Lessons 49-51

TEORA AB Guide: pginas 52-53 7/2 Transposition (2 de 2) 7/3 Compound intervals 7/4 Inversion of intervals (1 de 2)

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EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: 57 Major Chords Major Triads

TEORA AB Guide: pginas 54-55 7/4 Inversion of intervals (2 de 2) 7/5 Concords and discords (1 de 2)

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EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: 58 Chords Related to a Key

TEORA AB Guide: pginas 56-57 7/5 Concords and discords (2 de 2) 8/1 Triads (1 de 2) EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: 59 Chord Progressions TEORA AB Guide: pginas 58-59 8/1 Triads (2 de 2) 8/2 Chords (1 de 2)

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EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: 60 Review of Lessons 57-59

TEORA AB Guide: pginas 60-61

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8/2 Chords (2 de 2) EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: 61 Dominant Seventh Chord

TEORA AB Guide: pginas 62-63 8/3 Chord notation in jazz 8/4 Figured bass (1 de 2) EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: 62 Inversions

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TEORA AB Guide: pginas 64-66 8/4 Figured bass (2 de 2) 8/5 Chord layouts

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EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: 63 Inversions of the Dominant Seventh Chord

TEORA AB Guide: pginas 67-68 9/1 The phrase (1 de 2)

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EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: 64 Review of Lessons 61-63

TEORA AB Guide: pginas 69-70 9/1 The phrase (2 de 2) 9/2 Cadences (1 de 3) EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: 65 Transposition

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TEORA AB Guide: pginas 71-72 9/2 Cadences (2 de 3)

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EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: 66 Other Triads Minor

TEORA AB Guide: pginas 73-74 9/2 Cadences (3 de 3) (1 de 2)

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EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: 67 Other Chords Augmented and Diminished

TEORA AB Guide: pginas 75-76 10/1 Tempo (1 de 2)

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EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: 68 Review of Lessons 65-67

TEORA AB Guide: pginas 77-78 10/1 Tempo (2 de 2) 10/2 Dynamics (1 de 2)

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EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: 69 Another Chord Progression

TEORA AB Guide: pginas 79-80 10/3 Mood

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EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: 70 More on Inversions

TEORA AB Guide: pginas 81-82 11/1 Phrasing marks 11/2 The slur (1 de 2)

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EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: 71 More Transposition

TEORA AB Guide: pginas 83-84 11/2 The slur (2 de 2) 11/3 Staccato signs (1 de 2)

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EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: 72 Review of Lessons 69-71

TEORA AB Guide: pginas 85-86 11/3 Staccato signs (2 de 2) 11/4 Double phrasing 11/5 Textual and stylistic problems

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EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: 77 Harmonizing a Melody

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TEORA AB Guide: pginas 87-88 12 Ornaments ans Embellishments (intro) 12/1 Symbols still in regular use (1 de 3) EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: 78 Passing Tones and Neighboring Tones

TEORA AB Guide: pginas 89-90 12/1 Symbols still in regular use (2 de 3) EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: 79 Composing a Melody

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TEORA AB Guide: pginas 91- 92 12/1 Symbols still in regular use (3 de 3) 12/2 Some earlier symbols (1 de 3) EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: 80-81

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80 Review of Lessons 77-79 81 Chord Progressions in Minor Keys

TEORA AB Guide:pginas 93-94 12/2 Some earlier symbols (2 de 3) EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: 82-83 82 Harmonizing a Melody in Minor 83 Composing a Melody in Minor

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TEORA AB Guide: pginas 95-97 12/2 Some earlier symbols (3 de 3)

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EJERCICIOS Fieldstein: 84 Review of Lessons 81-83