Grade 3 Music Theory Content

Based on ABRSM syllabus:

Rhythm

  1. Demisemiquaver note & rest
  2. Introduction to compound time: 6/8, 9/8, 12/8
  3. Grouping notes of compound time
  4. Grouping rests of compound time

Pitch

  1. Notes with more than 2 ledger lines
  2. Octave sign
  3. Octave transposition

Scales & Key Signature

  1. Major scales: E & Ab
  2. Minor scales: B, F# & C#, G, C & F
  3. Melodic minor scales

Tonic Triad

  1. Major key: E & Ab
  2. Minor key: B, F# & C#, G, C & F

Interval

  1. Full description of interval based on major or minor key: major, minor & perfect
  2. Diatonic interval

Performance Direction

  1. Italian terms