Grade 1 - First Term
- The treble Clef and the Bass Clef, information practice a knowledge.
- The Understanding and familiarization of Stave, the purpose of it and how to write your first musical notes.
- Time signatures and what Rhythm is and its importance.
- Further details on time signature, the value of beats of each note and the time value of the rest.
- Ties and Dots, its importance and how they shape the music structure.
- Accidentals, sharps, flats, and natural, how they affect the pitch of the note.
Grade 1 - Second Term
- What the Scale is and the benefit, an understanding of Tones and Semitones and how they relate to the instrument we are playing.
- Key signature and tonality, with detail work on accidental marking and natural signs.
- Learning the first Scales: C-G-D-F major with its Arpeggios
- What is an Interval
- Degrees of the Scale
Grade 1 - Third Term
- Chords and tonic triad, thorough exercises
- Learning First chords of the scales, C, G, D, A
- Composition exercises with rhythms and original melodies
- Reading exercises and Ledger lines
- Performance directions
- More details on intervals