Theoretical conventions for the EXAM are selected from:
· key signatures – up to four sharps and four flats, major/minor/modal tonalities
· time signatures – commonly used simple, compound and irregular time signatures
· notation of pitch and rhythm (eg rhythmic groupings, augmented and diminished intervals)
· performance directions, including terms and signs
· clefs – treble, bass, alto, tenor, percussion instruments and score layout
· harmony (diatonic chords in root position, first and second inversion) in keys up to four sharps and four flats, using Roman numerals (eg I, V7, IV♭) and jazz/rock terminology (eg C, G7, F/A). Students could be expected to realise short extracts of harmony (eg cadences)
· texture
· compositional devices and thematic development (eg repetition, motif, inversion, imitation, sequence, variation)
· modulation to closely related keys
· transposition
· transposing instruments
· open to closed/closed to open score
· stylistic features
· structure (eg rondo, 16-bar blues, theme and variations).
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