Contents
1. Note Values 2. Bars and Time Signatures 3. Pitch Names 4. Staves and Clefs 5. Staff Notation 6. Ledger Lines 7. Sharps, Flats, and Naturals 8. Semitones, Whole Tones, and the C Major Scale 9. G Major, D Major, and F Major Scales 10. Rests 11. Ties and Dots 12. Tonality and Key Signatures 13. Accidentals 14. Scale Degrees 15. Tonic Chords 16. Intervals 17. Beaming Notes within a Bar 18. Performance Directions
ABRSM Grade 1 Knowledge Points
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Besides numbers, the different degrees of the scale also have names. In the Grade 1 course, you only need to know the name of the 1st degree — the tonic. When we play the 1st, 3rd and 5th degrees of a scale together, this is called the tonic triad.Figure 44 shows the tonic triads of C major:
Figure 44: Illustration
Figure 45 shows the other tonic triads that will appear in Grade 1. We have written them in both the treble clef and the bass clef, with the key signatures added. The root note of each triad is the tonic:
G major
D major
F major
or
Figure 45: Illustration
If the tonic triad of D major is written without a key signature, an accidental must be added — a # before the F note, as shown in Figure 46:
Figure 46: Illustration
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