Theory: Levels 5-8 Comprehensive

OVERVIEW

This in-person instructor-led course covers the entirety of Intermediate Theory including Levels 5, 6, 7, and 8. The course is designed to prepare students to write the Level 8 Theory Examination. 

Students will continue to expand musical literacy and build analytical skills developed in the Elementary levels (Preparatory to Level 4). It is recommended that students complete RCM Level 5 Theory before registering for this course. Please see Course Outline below for more details.

Tuition includes:

• Weekly classes:
  • one class per week September to June (Full Year or Fall/Winter Term)
  • three classes per week for Summer Intensive
• 28 hours of live in-person classes taught by an RCM Examiner
• Moodle Account to access instructor handouts and upload assignments
• One-year access to the online study guides for Celebrate Theory Levels 5, 6, 7, and 8

Students must purchase course textbooks prior to the first class. Required textbooks are Celebrate Theory workbooks Levels 5, 6, 7 and 8.

COURSE OUTLINE

Level 5

• major and minor keys up to four sharps and flats
• triad inversions and dominant 7th chords
• 6/8 time
• expanded melody writing
• analysis through repertoire exploration

Level 6

• double sharp and flat
• transposition of major key melodies
• compound meter
• augmented and diminished intervals
• identification of half and authentic cadences
• introduction of Baroque and Classical style

Level 7

• transposition to any key, up or down
• inversion of intervals
• chromatic, whole-tone, octatonic, pentatonic, blues scales
• diminished, augmented triads; diminished 7th chord
• melody writing in minor keys
• introduction to Romantic and Modern eras

Level 8

• alto and tenor clefs
• transposition to concert pitch
• hybrid meters
• compound intervals
• triads built on any scale degree
• cluster, quartal, and polychords
• introduction to Medieval, Renaissance, and world music