Notation and Transposition
- Treble and bass clef note reading
- Up to four ledger lines above and below
- Enharmonic equivalents
- Melody rewriting between treble and bass clef
- Double sharps and double flats
- Alto and tenor clefsNew
RCM Level 8 Theory · Syllabus, 2016 Edition
RCM Level 8 Theory — every topic on the syllabus.
Alto and tenor clefs, the seven diatonic modes, and compound intervals to a 15th all enter at once. Below is the complete checklist for Level 8, drawn from QuizNotes' own generators. Items marked New are introduced at this level. Every drill is free, no account needed.
QuizNotes is an independent study tool aligned with the RCM Theory Syllabus, 2016 Edition. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or published by The Royal Conservatory of Music.
New at Level 8
What Level 8 adds to the syllabus.
- Alto and tenor clefs
- 5/8 time (hybrid)
- 7/8 time (hybrid)
- Dorian mode
- Phrygian mode
- Lydian mode
- Mixolydian mode
- Locrian mode
- 127 terms cumulative (23 new at Level 8)
- French terms enter at this level
- German terms enter at this level
Six categories
Every topic at Level 8, by RCM knowledge category.
RCM scores the theory paper across eight knowledge categories. QuizNotes builds drills for six of them. Each card below shows every topic examined at Level 8 in that category — open a drill to practise it right now.
Rhythm and Meter
- Breve
- Whole note
- Dotted whole note
- Half note
- Dotted half note
- Quarter note
- Dotted quarter note
- Eighth note
- Dotted eighth note
- Sixteenth note
- Dotted sixteenth note
- Thirty-second note
- Double dotted half note
- Double dotted quarter note
- Double dotted eighth note
- 2/4 time (simple)
- 3/4 time (simple)
- 4/4 time (simple)
- 3/8 time (simple)
- 6/8 time (compound)
- 2/2 time (simple)
- 3/2 time (simple)
- 5/4 time (simple)
- 9/8 time (compound)
- 12/8 time (compound)
- 5/8 time (hybrid)New
- 7/8 time (hybrid)New
- Triplet
- Duplet
- Quadruplet
- Quintuplet
- Sextuplet
- Septuplet
Scales and Key Signatures
- All key signatures (up to 7 sharps and 7 flats)
- Major
- Natural minor
- Harmonic minor
- Melodic minor
- Chromatic
- Whole tone
- Octatonic (whole-half)
- Octatonic (half-whole)
- Major pentatonic
- Minor pentatonic
- Blues
- Dorian modeNew
- Phrygian modeNew
- Lydian modeNew
- Mixolydian modeNew
- Locrian modeNew
Intervals
- Minor 2nd
- Major 2nd
- Minor 3rd
- Major 3rd
- Perfect 4th
- Perfect 5th
- Minor 6th
- Major 6th
- Minor 7th
- Major 7th
- Perfect octave
- Tritone
- Ascending and descending
Chords and Harmony
- Major triad
- Minor triad
- Dominant 7th
- Diminished triad
- Augmented triad
- Diminished 7th
Music Terms and Signs
- 127 terms cumulative (23 new at Level 8)New
- 20 signs cumulative (0 new at Level 8)
- French terms enter at this levelNew
- German terms enter at this levelNew
Not yet in the drills
- Augmented and diminished intervals other than the tritone
- Compound intervals past the octave
- Alto and tenor clefs
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