Western Classical Music Rubrics

Pitch

LevelRangeKey SignaturesChromaticism
Beginner 1octave 11 sharp – 1 flat
Beginner 2octave 12 sharps – 2 flats
Beginner 3octave 22 sharps – 2 flats
Intermediate 1octaves 1 – 22 sharps – 2 flatsaccidentals
Intermediate 2octaves 1 – 23 sharps – 3 flats
Intermediate 3octaves 1 – 2 & lower3 sharps – 3 flats
Advancedoctaves 1 – 3 & lower4 sharps – 4 flats
key changes
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Rhythm

level2/42/23/46/84/4others
Beginner 1half
quarter
eighth
whole
half
quarter
Beginner 2dotted-half
half
quarter
eighth
dotted-half
dotted-quarter
eighth
Beginner 3
dotted-quarter

dotted-half

dotted-quarter

quarter
Intermediate 1whole
dotted-half
half
dotted-quarter
quarter
eighth
tie across barline
pick-up
Intermediate 2
dotted-eighth
sixteenth

dotted-quarter
eighth

dotted-eighth
sixteenth

dotted-eighth
sixteenth

dotted-eighth
sixteenth

ornaments
Intermediate 3
Advanced
dotted-sixteenth
thirty-second

dotted-eighth
sixteenth

dotted-sixteenth
thirty-second

dotted-sixteenth
thirty-second

dotted-sixteenth
thirty-second

tuplets
meter changes
6/4
3/8
9/8
12/8
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