AMEB Theory of Music
ABRSM Music Theory
1
Grade 1
Rhythm: Time values (notes); bars and metre; time signatures
Pitch: Notes in the treble clef; notes in the bass clef;
minims, crotchets and quavers on the stave.
5
Grade 5
Irregular time signatures and the grouping of notes and rests
The tenor C clef
Transposition at the octave between clefs and transposition to concert pitch of instruments in Bb, A or F
Scales and key signatures of all major and minor keys up to and including six sharps and flats
All diatonic and chromatic intervals, and compound intervals
Root position, 1st inversion and 2nd inversion forms of the tonic, supertonic, subdominant and dominant chords in any of the keys set for the grade
Identification of perfect, imperfect and plagal cadences
More terms and signs including German terms