PRIVATE THEORY LESSONS
THEORY SUBJECT |
HOURLY RATES |
Basic Rudiments |
$40 |
Intermediate Rudiments |
$42 |
Advanced Rudiments |
$44 |
History 1, 2, and 3 |
$46 |
RCM THEORY EXAMINATION SCHEDULE |
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Friday, December 09, 2011 |
9:30am – 12:30pm |
History 2 |
2:00pm – 5:00pm |
History 1 & History 3 |
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Saturday, December 10, 2011 |
9:30am – 11:30am |
Intermediate Rudiments |
2:00pm – 3:00pm |
Basic Rudiments |
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2:00pm – 4:00pm |
Advanced Rudiments |
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ALTERNATE RCM THEORY EXAMINATION SCHEDULE |
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SUBJECT |
DAY |
TIME |
Basic Rudiments |
Friday |
9:30am – 10:30am |
Intermediate Rudiments |
Friday |
9:30am – 11:30am |
Advanced Rudiments |
Friday |
9:30am – 11:30am |
RECOMMENDED TEXTBOOK LIST
Basic Rudiments - Keyboard Theory Basic Rudiments by Grace Vandendool (published by Frederick Harris Music)
Intermediate Rudiments - Keyboard Theory Intermediate Rudiments by Grace Vandendool (published by Frederick Harris Music)
Advanced Rudiments - Keyboard Theory Advanced Rudiments by Grace Vandendool (published by Frederick Harris Music)
Three-in-One (Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced Rudiments) - The Complete Elementary Music Rudiments by Mark Sarnecki (published by Frederick Harris Music)
History 1: An Overview - Exploring Music History A Guided Approach Volume 1 Baroque to the Modern Era by Janet Lopinski, Joe Ringhofer, and Peter Zarins (published by Frederick Harris Music)
History 2: Middle Ages to Classical - Exploring Music History A Guided Approach Volume 2 Middle Ages to Classical by Janet Lopinski, Joe Ringhofer, and Peter Zarins (published by Frederick Harris Music)
History 3: 19th Century to Present - Exploring Music History A Guided Approach Volume 3 19th and 20th Centuries by Janet Lopinski, Joe Ringhofer, and Peter Zarins (published by Frederick Harris Music)
THEORY TOPICS
| BASIC RUDIMENTS |
| Notes, Rests and Values |
| Accidentals |
| Semitones and Tones |
| Major Scales |
| Key Signatures |
| The Minor Key |
| Identifying the Key of a Melody |
| Intervals |
| Triads |
| Rhythm |
| Writing at the Octave |
| Italian Terms |
| Analysis |
| Melody Writing |
| Rhythmic Dictation |
| INTERMEDIATE RUDIMENTS |
| Major Scales Up to Seven Sharps |
| Major Scales Up to Seven Flats |
| Accidentals Double Sharp |
| Accidentals Double Flat |
| Minor Scales Natural Minor Scales |
| Minor Scales Harmonic Minor Scales |
| Minor Scales Melodic Minor Scales |
| Technical Degree Name for the Notes of the Scale |
| Chromatic Scales Melodic Chromatic Scales |
| Chromatic Scales Harmonic Chromatic Scales |
| 20th-century Music Whole Tone Scales |
| 20th-century Music Pentatonic Scales |
| 20th-century Music Blues Scales |
| 20th-century Music Octatonic Scales |
| Rewriting Melodies using a Key Signature |
| Intervals Augmented Intervals |
| Intervals Diminished Intervals |
| Intervals Inversion of Intervals |
| Rhythm Compound Time |
| Rhythm Thirty-second Notes |
| Rhythm Thirty-second Rests |
| Rhythm More Irregular Note Groupings |
| Inversion of Triads |
| Cadences Perfect Cadence |
| Cadences Plagal Cadence |
| Cadences Cadences in Chorale Style |
| Transposition from Major Key to Major Key |
| Correcting Errors |
| Italian Terms and Signs |
| Analysis |
| Melody Writing |
| ADVANCED RUDIMENTS |
| Enharmonic Notes and Scales |
| C Clefs Alto Clef |
| C Clefs Tenor Clef |
| More on Scales Tetrachords |
| More on Scales Technical Degrees |
| 20th-century Music Modal Scales |
| 20th-century Music Pentatonic Scales |
| 20th-century Music Minor Pentatonic Scales |
| 20th-century Music Whole Tone Scales |
| 20th-century Music Twelve Tone Technique |
| 20th-century Music (Minor) Blues Scales |
| 20th-century Music Tone Clusters |
| 20th-century Music Polychords and Quartal Chords |
| Intervals Simple Intervals |
| Intervals Enharmonic Changes |
| Intervals Compound Intervals |
| Intervals Inversions of Compound Intervals |
| Intervals Scales Containing a Given Interval |
| More on Triads Augmented and Diminished Triads |
| More on Triads Scales Containing a Given Triad |
| More on Triads Chord Position Numbers (figured bass) |
| Seventh Chords Dominant Seventh Chords |
| Seventh Chords Diminished Seventh Chords |
| Imperfect Cadences In Keyboard Style |
| Imperfect Cadences In Chorale Style |
| Cadences and Melody Writing |
| Rhythm Hybrid Time |
| Rhythm Changing Time Signatures |
| Rhythm Charts: Duple, Triple, and Quadruple Time |
| Rhythm Syncpation |
| Transposition from Minor Key to Minor Key |
| Score Types String Quartet Score |
| Score Types Modern Vocal Score |
| Score Types Vocal Score with C Clefs |
| Correcting Errors |
| Transposing for Orchestral Instruments |
| Ornaments |
| Terms and Signs Musical Terms |
| Terms and Signs 20th-century Signs and Notations |
| Analysis Form in Music |
| Analysis Tierce de Picardie |
| Analysis Non-Harmonic Tones |
| Analysis Implied Harmony |
| HISTORY 1: AN OVERVIEW |
| The Materials of Music |
| The Baroque Period |
| Vivaldi and The Four Seasons |
| Bach and The Well-Tempered Clavier |
| Handel and Messiah |
| The Classical Period |
| Haydn and The String Quartet |
| Mozart and Eine Kleine Nachtmusik |
| Beethoven and Symphony No. 5 |
| The Romantic Period |
| Schubert and The German Art Song |
| Chopin and Romantic Piano Music |
| Berlioz and Symphonie Fantastique |
| Bizet and Carmen |
| Puccini and Madama Butterfly |
| The 20th Century |
| Debussy and Impressionism |
| Stravinsky and His Ballets |
| Leonard Bernstein and West Side Story |
| Alexina Louie and The Canadian Contemporary Music Scene |
| HISTORY 2: MIDDLE AGES TO CLASSICAL |
| Four Eras of Music History |
| Gregorian Chant |
| Organum |
| Motet |
| Mass |
| Chanson |
| Madrigal |
| Opera |
| Cantata |
| Oratorio |
| Dance Music |
| Keyboard Music |
| Suite |
| Concerto |
| Symphony |
| Sonata |
| Concerto |
| Chamber Music |
| HISTORY 3: 19TH CENTURY TO PRESENT |
| 19th-century Romanticism |
| Felix Mendelssohn |
| Robert Schumann |
| Franz Liszt |
| Johannes Brahms |
| Giuseppe Verdi |
| Richard Wagner |
| Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky |
| Gustav Mahler |
| Bedrich Smetana |
| Four Late Romantic Composers |
| 20th-century Musical Style |
| European Composers in the 20th Century |
| French Music: Ravel and Messiaen |
| The Second Viennese School: Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern |
| Bela Bartok and Folk Elements in Art Music |
| Russian Composers: Prokofiev and Shostakovich |
| Eastern European Composers: Ligeti, Lutoslawski, and Gorecki |
| Kurt Weill and The German Cabaret Tradition |
| American Music in the 20th Century |
| American Jazz: The Music of Joplin, Ellington, and Gershwin |
| Copland and The Emerging American Nationalism |
| The American Avant-Garde: Cage and Crumb |
| Electronic Music |
| Minimalism: Reich and Glass |
| Canadian Music in the 20th Century |
| Representative Canadian Composers and Works |
| Canadian Performing Artists and Ensembles |
