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RCM Level 8 Theory · Syllabus, 2016 Edition

RCM Level 8 Theory — every topic on the syllabus.

Alto and tenor clefs, the seven modes, and compound intervals to a 15th, all at once. Below is the complete checklist for Level 8, drawn from QuizNotes' own generators. Items marked New are introduced at this level. Every quiz is free, no account needed.

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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
  • Minor 9th
  • Major 9th
  • Minor 10th
  • Major 10th
  • Perfect 11th
  • Perfect 12th
  • Minor 13th
  • Major 13th
  • Minor 14th
  • Major 14th
  • Perfect 15th
  • 127 terms cumulative (23 new at Level 8)
  • French terms enter at this level
  • German terms enter at this level

Eight categories

Every topic at Level 8, by RCM knowledge category.

RCM scores the theory paper across eight knowledge categories, shown below in RCM's own order. QuizNotes builds quizzes for six of them; each card lists every topic examined at Level 8 in that category — open a quiz to practise it right now. The two we don't quiz are marked, and why.

Every topic below is taken from the Royal Conservatory of Music Theory Syllabus, 2016 Edition (official PDF). QuizNotes is independent and unaffiliated — read it against the source.

Notation and Transposition

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RCM Theory Syllabus, 2016 Edition (S44).

Rhythm and Meter

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RCM Theory Syllabus, 2016 Edition (S44).

Scales and Key Signatures

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RCM Theory Syllabus, 2016 Edition (S44).

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RCM Theory Syllabus, 2016 Edition (S44).

Chords and Harmony

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RCM Theory Syllabus, 2016 Edition (S44).

Melody Writing, Form, and Analysis

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Melody Writing, Form, and Analysis asks the student to write notation, which needs an editor rather than a quiz.

Music History

Not in the quizzes

Music History is examined at Levels 9 and 10, above this product's range.

Music Terms and Signs

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RCM Theory Syllabus, 2016 Edition (S44).

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