RUDIMENT 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