Colorado State Music Teachers Association
California Certificate of Merit Theory Tests--Vocal (Basic Requirements)
Level
1
2
3
4
Note
Names
Rhythms
Terms/Signs
Key
Signatures
Chords
Solfege
All Grand
Staff notes,
correct note
stems
Time signatures:
Treble clef, bass clef, staff,
2/4, 3/4, 4/4,
grand staff, measure, bar
Common time,
line, double bar line, time
Note & Rests:
signature, fermata,
quarter, half, dotted composer, accent, forte,
half, whole
piano, staccato, legato
Do, Re, Mi
All Grand
Staff notes,
correct note
stems
Time Signatures:
Ledger line, slur, dot, tie,
2/4, 3/4, 4/4,
repeat sign, tenuto, 1st &
Common Time,
2nd endings, ritardando,
Notes and Rests:
a tempo, mezzo piano,
quarter, half, dotted mezzo forte, crescendo,
half, whole
decrescendo, diminuendo,
pianissimo, fortissimo
Do, Re, Mi,
Fa
Intervals
Music History
Questions about
measures and
repeats.
All Grand
staff notes
with sharps
& flats,
correct note
stems
Notes and Rests:
dotted quarter,
eighth
Sharp, flat, natural, dolce,
accidental, molto, lento,
allegro, andante, moderato,
sforzando, diminuendo,
simple meter, poco a poco,
opera
Do, Re, Mi,
Fa, Sol
4 Periods of Music History,
dates, information about some
composers (date of birth &
death, country, musical period,
a famous work) Ex: Stephen
Foster,
Henry Purcell
All Grand
staff notes
plus one
ledger line
up and
down
Notes and Rests:
sixteenth
Vocalise, largo, andantino, Major keys up
con moto, meno mosso, to 5 sharps and
rallentando, piu mosso,
5 flats
diphthong, key signature,
accelerando, allegretto,
larghetto, senza, adagio,
sempre, song cycle
Do, Re, Mi,
Fa, Sol, La
4 Periods of Music History,
dates, information about some
of the composers (date of birth
& death, country, musical
periods, a famous work)
Ex: Ludwig van Beethoven,
Alessandro Scarlatti
Student Theory Activity - Voice
October 2010
Musical
Analysis
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California Certificate of Merit Theory Tests---Vocal (Basic Requirements)
Level
5
Note
Names
Rhythms
Key
Signatures
Chords
Solfege
Intervals
Music History
Notes and Rests:
sixteenth, dotted
eighth
Common time,
Cut time
Interval, fine, vivace, arietta, All major keys
alla breve/cut time,
up to 5
common time, coda,
sharps and 5
da capo, D.S. al coda,
flats
broken triad, dal segno, da
capo aria, grazioso, D.C. al
fine, simile, lieder, bel
canto, oratorio,
D.S.
al Fine
Do, Re, Mi,
Fa, Sol, La,
Ti
Half steps,
Whoe steps,
2-8
4 Periods of Music History,
dates, information about some
of the composers (date of birth
& death, country, musical
periods, a famous work)
Ex: Joseph Haydn
Franz Schubert
Time Signatures:
3/8, 6/8, 9/8, 12/8
Circle of Fifths (Keys),
All major keys
syncopation, accent,
art
up to
song, schnell,
6 sharps and
through-composed, ruhig,
6 flats
presto, arpeggio, strophic,
espressivo, lebhaft, leise,
langsam, compound meter,
Lied, zart, frohlich, lieblich
Do, Re, Mi,
Fa, Sol, La,
Ti, Do
1/2 step,
1 step,
1-1/2 steps
4 Periods of Music History,
dates, information about some
of the composers (date of birth
& death, country, musical
periods, a famous work)
Ex: George Frederic Handel
Robert Schumann
6
7
Terms/Signs
Enharmonic All time signatures,
Relative major/minor
All major and
note names, all note values of
scales, 3 forms of minor: minor keys up
double
previous levels
Natural, Harmonic, Melodic, to 6 sharps
sharps and
Chromatic scale,
and 6 flats
flats
Fixed/Moveable Do, aria,
modere, vite, rubato,
cadenza, chanson, leger,
recitative, enharmonic,
appogiatura, lentement,
anime, portamento, triste,
libretto, misterioso,
chromatic, doucement, oper
buffa
Student Theory Activity - Voice
October 2010
All,
Moveable Do
or Fixed Do
Musical
Analysis
4 Periods of Music History,
dates, information about some
of the composers (date of birth
& death, country, musical
periods, a famous work)
Ex: Enrique Granados
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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California Certificate of Merit TheoryTests--Vocal (Basic Requirements)
Note
Level
Names
8
Rhythms &
Time
Signatures
Terms / Signs
Key
Signatures
Chords
All notes,
All Time
Subito, colla voce, tranquillo, ad
All majors and
plus
Signatures:
libitum, augmented interval, ritenuto,
minors
double
2/4,3/4,4/4, 5/4, cantata, tessitura, non troppo, agitato,
sharps 6/4, 7/4, 3/8, 6/8,
leggiero, allargando, diminished
and
7/8, 2/2, 4/2
interval, cancion, animato, perfect
double
interval, trill, muy, scherzando,
flats
requiem
9
Harmonize, scale degrees, dominant
7th, giocoso, chord progression,
doloroso, morendo, vibrato, genre,
chord, sotto voce, maestoso,
embellishment, melisma, descant,
stringendo, harmony, messa di voce,
song cycle, falsetto, marcato, portato,
coloratura soprano, lyric soprano,
dramatic soprano, mezzo-soprano,
contralto, countertenor, baritone, lyric
tenor, dramatic tenor, bass/baritone,
bass (basso profundo)
All majors and
minors
Scale
degrees in
all keys,
Dominant
7th in all
keys, Chord
progrssion
(I,IV,V7,I) in
all keys
Intervals
Music History
All,
Fixed or
Moveable
Do
Major, minor, 4 Periods of Music History,
Perfect,
dates, information about
Augmented,
some of the composers
diminished,
(date of birth & death,
2-8
country, musical periods, a
famous work)
Ex: Johannes Brahms
Gabriel Faure
All,
Fixed or
Moveable
Do
Harmonize in 4 Periods of Music History,
3rd or 6ths
dates, information about
some of the composers
(date of birth & death,
country, musical periods, a
famous work)
Ex: Aaron Copland
Claude Debussy
Musical Analysis
4 Selections-Questions regarding
time signatures,
rhythms, terms/signs,
key signatures, chords
in accomp., solfege,
music history--periods
and composers
Adv
Student Theory Activity - Voice
Solfege
October 2010
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