Grade 11 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. A concert11. E concert12. B flat minor (harmonic and melodic)13. F minor (harmonic and melodic)14. C minor (harmonic and melodic)15. E flat minor (harmonic and melodic)16. A flat minor (harmonic and melodic)17. D flat minor (harmonic and melodic)18. G minor (harmonic and melodic)19. D minor (harmonic and melodic)20. Whole tone21. Pentatonic

Note Values:

Time Signatures and Rhythms:

Meter: Simple, Compound, Duple, Triple and Quadruple, Changing Meter Duplets and Triplets Syncoption (syn-co-pa)

Pitch:

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 All relative minor scales – natural, harmonic and melodic

Major and minor identification Intervals: major, minor, perfect, augmented and diminished Staff (treble and bass) Note names Leger Lines

Terminology:

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

Tempo change: fermata, rallentando, ritardando, accelerando, a tempo, tempo primo, accelerando, l’istesso tempo, meno mosso, piu mosso, ritenuto, stringendo

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), forte piano, piu forte, rinforszando, sforzando

Style: accent, legato, marcato, staccato, maestoso, tenuto, ad libitum, affectuoso, agitato, alla Marcia, ben marcato, brilliante, cantabile, con forza, con spirito, dolce, espressivo, furioso, glissando, grandioso, grazioso, meno, molto, poco a poco, piu, quasi, risoluto, sempre, simile, sostenuto, subito, vigoroso

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