DEEPERLI

FEBI
BLECHUCH
YOUTHCHOI
RANDORCHESTRA,
GBAGADA,
LAGOS
RUDI
MENTANDTHEORYOFMUSI
CSYLLABUS

PRELI
MINARY
TOPI
C DURATI
ON CONTENT(
S) OBJECTI
VE(
S) EVALUATI
ON

 I
ntr
oduct
i o 1WK
ont  Whati smusi c  Bytheendoft hislesson Teachersshouldcal
l
Music  Definiti
onofmusi c, thestudentshouldbeabl e outthestudentto
bar-l
ines,doublebar- todisti
nguishandidentify givepracti
cal
l
ines, i
ntensit
y,pit
ch, eachoft heconceptsf r
om exerci
seonsomeof
ti
mbr e( t
onalqualit
y), another theconceptit
emized
accent ,l
edgerli
nes,  Theyshoul dbeablet o Treatpastquesti
ons
tonal r
elati
onship, showbypr acti
calexampl e touchi
ngonanyof
duration,Stave,cl
ef. whateachoft hecont ents thesubject
repr
esent Giveassignment
 Theyshoul dbeidentif
ythe
symbolsofeachoft he
NOTES: Theteacher concept
shouldbeabletoshowby
wayofpr acti
calexample
eachoft heconcepts
i
temi zedabove
 TheGr eat 2WKS  TheCl efs Thest
udent sshoul dbeabl eto: Teachersshouldask
stave,Cl
efand  TheSt ave  Thest udent sshouldbe thestudenttodraw
Alphabeti
cal  TheAl phabetical ablet odr awtheGandF andcompl etet
he
namesofl i
nes namesofl i
nesand clefaccur atel
yont he greatstave
andspaces spaces staves. Treatpastquesti
ons
 Thegr eatstave  Theyshoul dbeabl et o touchi
ngonanyof
identif
yt healphabetsused thesubject
inmusi c Giveassignment
 Knowt het ypeofstav e:
TrebleandBasscl ef
 Identif
yt healphabetical
namesofl i
nesandspace
 Drawandcompl etet he
greatst ave
 Namesand 2WKS  Namesandtime  Identif
yal lmusicalnot es, Treatpastquest
ions
Ti
mevaluesof val
uesofnot
esand theirvalues, t
hei
rrest touchi
ngonanyof
 not
esandr est r
est  Appr opriatelypositi
onthe t
hesubject
i
ncludi
ng not esandt herestsonthe Gi
veassignment
dot
tedmi nims stav es
andcrotchets  Tel l ther elati
onship
bet weent henot ese.g.
mi nim equal stwo
crot chet s
 Knowt hemeani ngand
valuesofdot tednotesand
dot tedr est
 Keyboard 2WKS  Thekey board  Dr awandmakeuseofa ClassExerci
se
sket
ch,tones  TonesandSemi t
ones key boar def fecti
vely Treatpastquest
ions
andsemi t
ones,  Acci dental
s(sharps,  I dent ify,drawandpl acethe touchi
ngonanyof
acci
dentals fl
ats,doublesharps, acci dent alscorrectl
yonthe thesubject
and doubleflats,
natural
s stav es Giveassignment
enharmonic  Di ffer entiatebetween
equi
valence tonesandsemi tones
 I dent ifyot hernamesa
par ti
cul arnot ecanbe
called
 Assessmentof 1WK TEST St
udentsshoul dbeabl et orev
iew Teachersshould
what’sdoneso what’
sdonesof ar revi
ewwor ksdone
far from t
opiconetofour
 Keysignat e 3WKS
ur  Keysi
gnatur
es  Knowhowt oder ivethekey ClassExerci
se
andMaj or  Const
ruct
ionofscal
es signaturesbyusi ngt he Treatpastquest
ions
scal
esupt o1 (C,
FandG) TTSTTTSmov ement touchi
ngonanyof
sharpand1  Repr esentt hekey thesubject
fl
ats signaturesi nt abularform Giveassignment
 Const ructt hescal eofC, F
andGmaj or sonbot h
formsofst av es,ascending
anddescendi ng,usingall
not eswit handwi t
houtkey
signature.
 Identif
yt hekeyofany
givenmusi cal excerpt.
 Si
mpl eti
me 2WKS  Si
mpl eti
me  Recogni zesi mpl etime ClassExerci
se
si
gnatureand si
gnature(dupl
e,t
ri
ple, signature Treatpastquest
ions
Groupingof quadruple)  Under standt hepr actical touchi
ngonanyof
quaversin  GroupingofQuaver
sin appl i
cation thesubject
si
mpl eti
me si
mpl eti
me  Gr oupquav ersinsi mple Giveassignment
time
 Compl eteani ncompl ete
 barwithnotesandr
est
 Common 1WK  Termsandsi gns  I
dentif
ytermsandsigns Theteachershould
termsand rel
ati
ngtot one,pace, rel
ati
ngto beabletopracti
cal
ize
signs. str
ength,expression, eachofthetermsand
perf
ormancedi recti
on si
gnstothestudent.
andarti
culati
onmar ks.

Al
lcl
assesshoul
dnotbel
esst
hananhour

GRADEONE
Amor
eadv
ancedquest
iont
opr
eli
m gr
adewi
tht
headdi
ti
onof
:

TOPIC DURATI
ON CONTENT(
S) OBJECTIVE( S) EVALUATION
 Ledgerl
inesup 1WK Ledgerl
i
nes  Byt heendoft hi
slesson Teachersshouldcal
l
totwoabove thestudentshouldbe outthestudentto
andtwobelow abletoidentif
yandname givepracti
cal
theledgerli
neabov eand exerci
seonsomeof
belowthest ave theconceptit
emized
Treatpastquesti
ons
touchingonanyof
thesubject
Giveassignment

 Scal
es 3WKS  Maj
orscal
eBf l
atandD  Thest udent sshoul dbe Treatpastquest
ions
 Har
monicminorA,Eand abletoconst ructthe touchi
ngonanyof
D specifi
edkey swi t
h thesubject
specialreferencet othe Giveassignment
rulesgov erningthe
har monicmi norscal es.
 Identi
fysongspl ayedi n
mi norkey s

 Techni
cal 2WKS  Technical
namesofnot e  Identi
fythetechnical Teachersshouldcall
namesof  Tonicanddominanttr
iad namesofnot esont he outthestudentto
notesand oftheabovekeys(r
oot stave. i
ll
ustrat
ethemeani ng
tr
iads. posit
ion)  Const r
ucttonicand oftri
adsthrough
domi nantt
riads. harmony.
 Putintopractical Treatpastquesti
ons
 appl
i
cat
ion touchingonanyof
thesubject
Giveassi gnment
 Dott
ednote 1WK  Dot tednot es  St udent sshoul dbeabl e Cl assExer ci
se
andrest toappl ydot tednot esand Tr eatpastquest ions
restt ocompl et ea touchingonanyof
musi cal exempt . thesubject
 Knowt heuseofdot t
ed Giveassi gnment
not esandr esti nmusi c
per formance.
 Assessmentof 1WK TEST Student
sshoul dbeabl et o Teacher sshould
what’
sdoneso revi
ewwhat ’sdonesof ar revi
ewwor ksdone
far from topiconet ofour
 I
nterval
s 1WK  Maj orandmi norsecond  St udent sshoul dbeabl e Cl assExer ci
se
 Maj orandmi nort hir
d togi vet hemeani ngof Treatpastquest ions
 Per fectfourth i
nt erv al. touchingonanyof
 Per fectfi
fth  Shoul dbeabl et oi dentify thesubject
thei nt erval bet weent wo Gi veassi gnment
not esappr opr iately
 Si
mpleti
me 2WKS  Si mpl edupl e222  I dent ifysongswr i
ttenin Cl assExer ci
se
si
gnat
ure 248 theabov etimesi gnat ure. Treatpastquest ions
 Si mpl etr
iple333  Fi l
l incompl etebar sand t ouchingonanyof
248 groupnot esandr est thesubject
 Si mpl equadr upl
e444 withi nt heset imeswi t
h Giveassi gnment
248 par ti
cul arr efer encet o
themi dpoi ntr ulef or
simpl edupl eand
quadr upl e.
 Moret
erms 1WK  Mor eTer msandsi gns  I dent ifyt ermsandsi gns Thet eachershoul d
andsi
gnsi
n rel
atingtot one,pace, relatingt o beabl etopracticali
ze
commonuse. str
engt h,expression, eachoft het er
msand
perf
or mancedi r
ection signstot hestudent.
andar ti
culati
onmar ks.
GRADETWO
Asi
npr
ecedi
nggr
adesaddi
ti
on

TOPIC DURATI
ON CONTENT(
S) OBJECTIVE(S) EVALUATION
 Ledgerlnesup 1WK
i Ledgerl
i
nes  Bytheendoft hislesson Teachersshouldcal
l
tothr
eeabove thestudentshouldbe outthestudentto
andthreebel
ow abletoidenti
fyandname givepracti
cal
theledgerli
nesabov e exerci
seonsomeof
andbelowt hestave theconceptit
emized
Treatpastquesti
ons
touchingonanyof
thesubject
Giveassignment

 Majorand 2WKS  Keysignat

ureuptofour  Thest udentshoul dbe Treatpastquest
ions
minorscal
eand sharpsandfl
at. ablet oconst ructmajor touchi
ngonanyof
keysignat
ure  Majorscal
eoftheabove scaleswi threspectt ot
he thesubject
key rulesgov erningdiatoni
c Giveassignment
 Harmonicminoronl
y mov ement .
 Thest udent sshoul dbe
ablet oconst ructthe
speci fi
edkey swi t
h
speci alreferencet othe
rulesgov erningthe
har moni cmi norsal es.
 Ident i
fysongspl ayedin
mi norkey s

 Tr
iads. 2WKS  Tri
ads(Tonic,  Constructtheabove Teachersshoul dcall
subdominantand namedt riadswit
hthei
r outthest udentto
dominant) i
nversion. i
llust
ratethemeani ng
 Inv
ersi
onoft r
iads  Identi
fyt hepr
acti
cal oftri
adst hrough
appli
cationoftr
iadsand harmonyandal so
i
nversion. showt hepr acti
cal
appli
cationusingthe
students.
Treatpastquest i
ons
touchingonanyof
thesubject
 Giveassignment
 Di
atoni
c 2WKS  Di at
onicintervaloft
he  Shoul dbeabl etoident
if
y ClassExerci
se
I
nter
val
s abovekey s. theinter
valbetweentwo Treatpastquest
ions
 Maj orandmi norsecond notesappropriatel
y. touchi
ngonanyof
 Maj orandmi northi
rd thesubject
 Per f
ectfour t
h Giveassignment
 Per f
ectfi
f th
 Per f
ectoct ave
 Assessmentof 1WK TEST Student
sshoul dbeabl eto Teachersshould
what’
sdoneso revi
ewwhat ’sdonesof ar revi
ewwor ksdone
far from t
opiconetofour
 Compoundtime 2WKS CompoundDupl e666  Identi
fysongswr i
ttenin Cl assExerci
se
4816 theabov etimesi gnatur
e. Treatpastquest
ions
CompoundTr i
ple999  Fil
lincompl etebarsand t ouchi
ngonanyof
4816 groupnot esandr est thesubject
CompoundQuadr upl
e1212 withintheset i
meswi th Giveassignment
12 parti
cularreferenceto
48 themi dpointrulefor
16 compounddupl eand
*Groupingofnot esandr est quadr upl
e.
withinthistimeincl
uding
tr
iplet.
 Tr
ansposi
ti
on 2WKS  Tr ansposingsimpl
et une  Studentsshowbeableto ClassExercise
fr
om trebletobassand tr
ansposeanygiven Treatpastquestions
vi
cev ersaattheoctave. melodyf r
om t
rebl
eto touchingonanyof
bassstaveandv i
cever
sa thesubject
attheoctave. Giveassignment
 Fi
tt
ingwor ds 1WK  Fi
tt
ingwordsand  Studentshoul
dbeableto Thet eachershould
andphrasesto phr
asestomusical fi
twordst ogi
venrhy
thm. beabl etopracti
cali
ze
musical pat
ter
ns. eachoft hetermsand
pat
terns. signstothestudent.

 Moret
ermsand 1WK  MoreTer
msandsigns  I
dent
if
yter
msandsi
gns. Theteachershould
si
gnsi
n wi
thmoreemphasi
son beabletopracti
cal
ize
commonuse. t
heappli
cabi
l
ity
. eachofthetermsand
si
gnstothestudent.
GRADETHREE
Mor
eadv
ancequest
ionont
her
equi
rementabov
ewi
tht
headdi
ti
onof
:

TOPIC DURATI
ON CONTENT(S) OBJECTI
VE(S) EVALUATION
 Compoundtime 2WKS Mor
epr
act
ical
appl
icat
ion.  Morepr
acti
cal ClassExerci
se
si
gnatur
ewith appl
i
cat
ion Treatpastquest
ions
dott
ednotes touchingonanyof
thesubject
Giveassignment
 Majorand 2WKS  Keysignatur
eupt ofi
ve  Thest udentshoul dbe Treatpastquest
ions
minorscal
eand sharpsandflat
. ablet oconst ructmajor t ouchingonanyof
keysignat
ure  Majorscaleoftheabove scaleswi threspectt ot
he thesubject
key rulesgov erningdiatoni
c Gi veassignment
 Harmonicandmel odi
c mov ement .
minoroftheabovekeys  Thest udent sshoul dbe
ablet oconst ructthe
speci fi
edkey swi t
h
speci alreferencet othe
rulesgov erningthe
har moni candmel odic
mi norsal es.
 Ident i
fysongspl ayedin
mi norkey s

 Chromat
ic 2WKS  Chromati
cscal
e  Ablet oconst ructa ClassExerci
se
scal
e. (melodi
c) mel odicchr omat i
cscale. Treatpastquest
ions
touchingonthe
subject
Giveassignment
 Tr
iadsand 1WK  Tr
iadsint
heabov
ekey
s  Shoul dbeabl et o ClassExerci
se
I
nversi
ons  I
nversi
ons const ructthetriadsof Treatpastquest
ions
thespeci fi
edkey sinroot touchingonthe
positionsandt heir subject
i
nv ersion. Giveassignment
 Practicet r
iadsi nroot
positionandi nv ersi
on
practicall
y

 Assessmentof 1WK TEST Student

sshoul
dbeabl
eto Teacher
sshoul
d
what’
sdoneso revi
ewwhat’
sdonesofar rev
iewworksdone
 f
ar from topi
conet of our
 I
nter
val
s 1WK  Alli
ntervalsnot  Shoul dbeabl etoi dent if
y Cl assExercise
exceedinganoct ave thei nterval betweent wo Tr eatpastquest ions
betweenanyt wo not esappr opr iately. touchingonanyof
diatoni
cscalei nanyof thesubject
thekeysetf orthisgr
ade Giveassignment
 CCl
efs 2WKS  Altoandt enorClef  Dr awandaf fi
xt heCcl efs ClassExercise
 Alphabeticalnamesof ont hest av es Treatpastquest ions
l
inesandspacesonC appr opriately touchingont he
clefs  Ident i
fytheal phabet i
cal subj ect
namesofl inesand Giveassignment
spacesonCcl efs
 Ident i
fytheposi tionof
themi ddleCont hec
clefs
 Transposit
ion 2WKS  Transposi
ti
onfrom one  Tr ansposeagi ven ClassExercise
ofmelodyf rom keytotheother mel odyt oaspeci fiedkey Tr eatpastquest ions
onekeyt othe  Shoul dhav eawor king touchingont he
other knowl edgeof subject
transposi ngi nstrument s Gi veassignment
 Sy
ncopat
ion 1WK  Meaningofsyncopat
ion  Shoul dhav eapr oper Classexercise
 Appli
cati
onof under standi ngofwhat Giveassignment
syncopat
ion sy ncopat i
oni sal labout
 Sol vemusi cal probl ems
onsy ncopat ion
 Moret
ermsand 1WK  MoreTer
msandsigns  Ident i
fytermsandsi gns. Thet eachershoul d
si
gnsi
n wi
thmoreemphasi
son beabl etopracticali
ze
commonuse. t
heappli
cabi
l
ity
. eachoft hetermsand
signstothest udent.
GRADEFOUR
Mor
eadv
ancequest
ionont
her
equi
rementabov
ewi
tht
headdi
ti
onof
:

TOPIC DURATI
ON CONTENT( S) OBJECTI VE( S) EVALUATION
 Majorand 2WKS  Keysignat
ureofallkeys  Thest udentshouldbe Treatpastquest
ions
minorscal
eand  Majorscal
eofallkeys abletoconst ructmajor touchingonanyof
keysignat
ure  Harmonicandmel odic scaleswithrespecttothe thesubject
minorofal
lkeys rul
esgov erningdiat
onic Giveassignment
mov ement .
 Thest udentsshouldbe
abletoconst ructal
lkeys

 Chromat
ic 2WKS  Melodi
cChromat
icscal
e  Abletoconstructa ClassExerci
se
scal
e.  HarmonicChr
omati
c melodicandhar moni
c Treatpastquest
ions
scal
e chromati
c touchingonthe
scale(
ascendingand subject
descending) Giveassignment

 Si
mpleand 3WK  Timesignat
ure( si
mple  Ident if
yIrregularti
me ClassExerci
se
Compoundti
me andcompound) . signat ure Treatpastquest
ions
 I
rregul
arti
mesi gnatur
e  Barf reemusi calphrases touchi
ngonanyof
5,7,5,7 wit hanyt imesi gnature thesubject
4428  Gr oupnot esandsol ve Giveassignment
 Groupi
ngofnotes musi calproblemsonal l
(dupl
etandtri
plets timesi gnatur
ei ncl
uding
i
nclusi
ve) dupl etsandt ripl
ets

 Tr
iadsand 1WK  Tri
adsinal
lkey
s(root  Shouldbeabl eto ClassExerci
se
I
nversi
ons posi
ti
onandinver
sions) constructthet r
iadsofall Treatpastquest
ions
keysinr ootposi t
ionsand touchingonthe
thei
rinversions. subject
 Pract
icet ri
adsinr oot Giveassignment
posit
ionandi nv ersi
on
pract
ically
  Assessmentof 1WK TEST Student
sshoul
dbeabl
eto Teacher sshould
what’
sdoneso revi
ewwhat’
sdonesofar revi
ewwor ksdone
far from topiconetofour
 I
nterval
s 2WKS  I
naddi t
iontotheearl
i
er  Inaddi tiont ot he ClassExer ci
se
i
nter
v al
sdiscussed i
nt ervalsdi scussed Treatpastquestions
above,augmentedand abov et hest udentShoul d touchingonanyof
di
minished beabl et ounder standt he t hesubject
appl i
cat i
onofaugment ed Giveassi gnment
anddi mi ni shedi nter
v als
 Tr
anscr
ibi
ng 2WKS  Transcribingfrom tr
eble  Tr anscribeagi ven ClassExer ci
se
andbassst avest oal
to musi cal phr asef rom Treatpastquestions
andt enorstaves trebleandbassst avet o t ouchingont he
 Wor kingknowl edgeof altoandt enorst aveand subj ect
tr
ansposi nginstruments vicev ersa Giveassi gnment
 Tel lt
her elat ionshi p
bet weenv ariouscl asses
ofmusi cal inst rument s
 Tr anscribeapi ecef rom
onei nst rumentt o
anot her
 Recogni
ti
on 2WKS  Pri
mar yandsecondary  Studentshoul dbeabl et o ClassExer ci
se
chords i
dent ifypr imar ychor ds Treatpastquestions
 Theiri
nversi
on andi nv ersi on. touchingont he
5,6,6  Composesi mpl er hythm subj ect
434 toagi v enwor d Giveassi gnment
 Composi ngsi
mple
rhyt
hmst ogivenwords
 Moreter
ms 2WK  Mor eTermsandsigns  I
dent
if
yter
msandsi
gns. Theteachershould
andsi
gnsin withmoreemphasison beabletopracti
cal
ize
commonuse. theappli
cabil
i
ty. eachofthetermsand
si
gnstothestudent.

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