Monday 12 September 2011

Grade 2 - What you need to know...


Once again, there are videos and exercises to help with all that you need to know. If you have a question, ask! 

All that you needed to know for Grade 1, with the addition of:

1 Simple time signatures of 2 3 4 3 and the grouping of notes and rests within these times. Triplets, and 
                                                  2 2 2 8 
   triplet note groups with rests. Questions will include the composition of simple four- bar rhythms
   starting on the first beat of the bar and using a given opening.

2 Extension of the stave to include two ledger lines below and above each stave.

3 Construction of the minor scale (harmonic or melodic). Scales and key signatures of the major keys of
   A, Bb and Eb, and the minor keys of A, E and D, with their tonic triads (root position), degrees (number
   only),and intervals above the tonic (by number only).

More terms and signs in common use.