THEORY TIME CONCEPTUAL OUTLINE

WORKBOOKS: PRIMER THROUGH GRADE 5

A progressive - sequential approach to theory.

‘X’ shows where the concept is introduced. It continues to be drilled in subsequent levels, tho not marked by an X.
Medallion Series is included using the following letters:

BRZ – Bronze SIL – Silver GLD – Gold PLT – Platinum DMD - Diamond

CONCEPT PRIMER/B GRADE GRADE GRADE GRADE GRADE

1 / BRZ 2 / BRZ 3 / BRZ 4 / SIL 5 / SIL
High & Low X X
Up & Down X X X
Music Alphabet X X X X
Keyboard X X X X X
Staff X X X X X
Lines & Spaces X X X
Steps, Skips, Repeated notes X X X
Treble (high) Bass (low) X X X X X
Treble- Lines & Spaces X X X X X X
Draw Treble Clef X X X X
Bass - Lines & Spaces X X X X X X
Draw Bass Clef X X X X
Stem Rule & Dot Rule X X X X
Dynamics X X X X X
Ear Training X X X X X X
Rhythm: quarter, half, dotted half, whole notes X X X X X X
Rhythm: Quarter rest, half rest & whole rest X X X X
Rhythm drill X X X X X X
Rhythm: 2 beamed 8th notes X (Intro) X (Intro) X X
Rhythm: 8th note, 8th rest X X
Rhythm: dotted quarter, dotted 8th, 16th note, 16th rest X
Time Signature X X X X X
Grand Staff X X X
Sharps & Flats X X X X
Whole & Half steps X X X
Intervals - 2nd - 8ve X X X
Natural X X X
Major scale pattern X X X
Tonic X X X
Scales: C, G & F Major X X X
Scales: D, A, E X X
Scales: B, B-flat, E-flat, A-flat, D-flat X
Order of sharps and flats X X
Circle of Fifths X X
Key Signatures: C, G, & F X X X
Key Signatures: D, A, & E X X
Key Signatures: thru 5 #’s and 5 flats X
All Major key signatures Silver Silver
Draw & Name Key Signatures X X
Ledger lines X
Melodic & Harmonic intervals X
Enharmonic notes X
Major triads & chords X X
Tonic, Subdominant & Dominant X
Scale degrees & Chords X
Vocabulary X X X X
 THEORY TIME CONCEPTUAL OUTLINE
WORKBOOKS: GRADE 6 through GRADE 12
A progressive - sequential approach to theory
CONCEPT GRADE GRADE GRADE GRADE GRADE GRADE GRADE
6 / GLD 7 /GLD 8 /GLD 9 /PLT 10 / PLT 11 /DMD 12 /DMD
Treble- Lines & Spaces X
Draw treble clef X
Bass - Lines & Spaces X
Draw Bass clef X
Stem rule & Dot rule X
Ledger Lines X
Ear Training X X X X X X X
Rhythm drill X X X X X X X
Rhythm: 6/8 time X X X X X X X
Rhythm: triplets X
Rhythm: 16th note & 16th rest X X X X X X X
Simple & compound meter X X X X X X X
Conducting Patterns X X
Rhythm: Cut time X
Irregular meter (asymmetrical) X X
Time Signature
Grand staff X X X X X X X
Double sharps and flats X
Whole steps & Half steps X
Chromatic & Diatonic half steps X X
Intervals: unison thru octave X X
Perfect & Major intervals X X
Minor, dim & Aug intervals X X
Melodic & Harmonic Intervals X X
Inverting intervals X
Classify intervals by type and size X X
Simple & Compound intervals X
Major scale pattern X
Order of sharps and flats X
Major Circle of 5ths X X X
Circle of 5ths: Linear X X X
Minor Circle of 5ths X X
All Major Key Signatures X X X X X X X
All Major Key Scales X X X X X X X
Diatonic, Chromatic & WT Scales X X
Relative minor X X X X X X
Minor Scale Pattern X
Natural minor scales X X X X
Harmonic & Melodic minor X X X X X
Minor key signatures X X X X X X
Scale degree names X X
Draw & Name key signatures X X X X X X X
Parallel Major & minor X X X X
Enharmonic notes X X X
Transposition X X X X
Vocabulary X X X X X X X
Sight-singing X / PLT PLT DMD DMD
Tritone X X X
Melody Writing X X X includes X includes
mel min mel minor
Composition X X
Triad root, 3rd and 5th X X
Tonic, Subdominant & Dominant & X X X
Chords
Major 3rds & minor 3rds X X X
 CONCEPT GRADE GRADE GRADE GRADE GRADE GRADE GRADE
6 / GLD 7 / GLD 8 / GLD 9 / PLT 10 / PLT 11 /DMD 12 / DMD
Major triads & chords X X X X X X X
Major & minor triads X X X X X X
Diminished triads X X X X X
Augmented triads X X X X
Chord inversions - 1st & 2nd X X X X X
Primary & Secondary chords X
7th chord X X X
7th chord in inversions X X X
V7 chord X X X
V7 chord in inversion X X
V7 resolution X X
Augmented Sixth Chords DIAMOND
Authentic cadence V to I X X X X
Half cadence IV to V X X X X
Perfect & Imperfect Cadences X X X X
Plagal cadence X X
Four-part harmonic analysis X X X
Open & Close Harmony X X X
Four-part writing in root position X X
Voice -Leading Rules for 4-part X X X X
writing
Doubling Rules X
Four-part writing in inversions X
Figured bass, Alberti Bass X
Monophonic, homophonic & X
polyphonic
Sonata-Allegro form & Sonatina X
Analysis
Modes X
12-tone row No longer included in X
new editions
Vocabulary X X X X X X X
Review Test X X X X X X X
In a nutshell, these are the main concepts covered in each workbook, but previous
concepts are continually drilled and all concepts are reviewed multiple times:

Primer thru Grade 3 & BRONZE are Fundamental levels (keyboard, staff, note
reading, rhythms with Q, H, DH and W notes.) Major Scale Pattern and the keys of C,
F and G are introduced in Grade 3. An introduction to two-beamed 8th notes is in
Grades 2 & 3, but not drilled much. Two-beamed 8ths are drilled with counts in Bronze
Medallion.

Grade 4 & SILVER (Early Intermediate) introduces naming & drawing Major key sigs
thru 4 sharps & 1 flat, first on a keyboard with the MS pattern, then on a staff & drills 8th
notes & 8th rests. (single and beamed)

Grade 5 & SILVER (Early Intermediate) drills: 16th notes, all combinations of 16th and
8th notes, & 16th rests, dotted quarter & dotted 8th notes & Major key signatures thru 5
#’s and 5 flats (first on a keyboard with the MS pattern, then on a staff). Silver covers
all the Major scales and Major key signatures.

Grade 6 & GOLD: (Intermediate) 6/8 time, ALL Major key signatures, Root position I,
IV, V

Grade 7 & GOLD: (Intermediate) Relative minor / natural minor, simple & compound
meter, conducting patterns, I, IV & V in root position and inversions with figured bass

Grade 8 & GOLD: (Intermediate) 3 types of minors, Perfect & Major intervals,
Primary chords in inversions with figured bass

Grade 9 & PLATINUM: (Advanced) Authentic and half cadence with voice-leading
rules, parallel keys, 32nd note, altering intervals, inverting intervals, Maj, m, d, A chords
root position

Grade 10 & PLATINUM: (Advanced) Four-part harmonic analysis in root position, all
types of chords in inversions, melody writing

Grade 11 & DIAMOND: (College Prep) Four-part harmonic analysis in root position /
WRITING four-part progressions in root position, plagal cadence & voice-leading rules

Grade 12 & DIAMOND: (College Prep) Writing and analyzing four-part progressions
in root position and inversions, figured bass, doubling rules, general rules for four-part
writing and secondary chords, Italian sixth, French sixth, German sixth chords,
sonatina analysis, twelve-tone-row, modes