Music
Overview
This honor builds a strong foundation in music theory, performance, musical history, worship, and leadership. You’ll learn how music is constructed, recognize different rhythms and notes, perform sacred music, and develop the ability to lead others in worship. This honor helps you become a more well-rounded musician by combining theory, performance, history, listening, and leadership. You’ll not only learn how music works but also develop the ability to perform confidently, understand musical notation, lead others, and use music as a meaningful part of worship.
Requirements
1. Play or sing a scale and know its composition.
2. Write a scale in both treble and bass clef.
3. Know a half-tone, a whole tone, a third, a fifth, and an octave.
4. Distinguish a march from a waltz and give the time of each.
5. What is a quarter note? A half note? A whole note? Draw the symbols of each.
6. Name five great composers and one composition of each, including an oratorio, a piano composition, and a song.
7. Play with or without music or sing from memory 15 hymns (one verse or stanza each) and/or other sacred songs or choruses and list the composer of each.
8. Play or sing from memory one piece of good music other than those used in #7.
9. Do one of the following:
- a. For instrumentalists, be able to sight-read and play a moderately difficult piece of music. Explain all signs and terms in it.
- b. For singers, show with baton or arm how to lead a group in singing compositions written in 3/4 and 4/4 time.
10. Define orchestra and name at least five instruments in an orchestra.
11. Do a biographical sketch on a famous hymn writer and orally present it to a group.
Complete Option One or Option Two:
1. Option One
- a. Complete the Beginners Music Honour.
- b. Complete the following:
- i. Pass in Grade 5 Practical AMEB, or Trinity College, or Royal School of Music, or Suzuki Graduation Level 3.
- ii. Pass in Grade 3 Musicianship or Theory.
- c. Submit a list of thirty hymns and/or choruses you can play or sing and be tested on these at random.
2. Option Two
- a. Play or sing a scale, and know its composition.
- b. Write a scale in both treble and bass clefs.
- c. Know a half tone, a whole tone, a third, a fifth, and an octave.
- d. Be able to distinguish a march from a waltz, and give the time of each.
- e. What is a quarter note? a half note? a whole note? Draw the symbols.
- f. Name five great composers and one composition of each, including an oratorio, a piano composition, a song.
- g. Play (a hymn), or sing from memory one stanza of thirty hymns or choruses.
- h. Play, or sing from memory, one piece of good music.
- i. For instrumentalists: play at sight a moderately difficult piece and explain all signs and terms in it.
- j. For singers: Show with a baton how to lead a group in singing compositions written in 3/4 and 4/4 time.
- k. Define orchestra, and name at least five instruments in an orchestra.
Answer key & resources
- Answer Key (General Conference)
- Answer Key (South Pacific Division)
- Bach
- Beethoven
- Chopin
- Clefs
- Handel
- Hayden
- March waltz
- Mozart
- Note duration
- Orchestra
- Other composers
- Scales
- Schubert
- Tchaikovsky
Master awards
This honor counts toward:
Investiture Achievement
This honor is required, suggested or listed as an option in:
See also
- Music - AdvancedHonor
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