Suggested materials for preparation and practice in

AMEB MUSIC CRAFT – FOURTH GRADE TOPICS

Some teachers may wish to provide students with further resources to supplement the AMEB Music Craft Student Workbook questions that were written by Margaret Brandman. Teachers may devise their own questions and/or the student may work through supplementary material which can be found in the existing Brandman theory and aural materials. Specialised training in rhythm transcription using Margaret Brandman’s unique music short-hand system, is included in the Contemporary Aural Course. Students who learn the music short-hand will gain a head-start for the rhythm questions in the Music Craft course. Information on the instruments should be taken from Music Craft workbooks or the AMEB recommended reference materials, as this area is not covered in the Brandman materials.

Please note: The following information has been prepared by Margaret Brandman.
No authority of AMEB is expressed or implied. AMEB’s Music Craft is copyright material and is administered by AMEB’s official publisher, All Music Publishing and Distribution Pty Ltd (formerly Allans Publishing).

KEY:
THEORY and AURAL MATERIALS

Theory	Contemporary Theory Primer (CTP)
	Contemporary Theory Workbook (CTW)
	Contemporary Chord Workbook (CCW)
	Generic Topics (G) – the manner in which the answer can be derived is explained. This skill can then be applied to the key, scale or chord in question
Aural	Contemporary Aural Course (CAC ) (Sets 1-8) (Audio and workbook sets)

PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THEORY TOPICS

Piano Method	Contemporary Piano Method (CPM)
Piano Supplementary	Pictorial Patterns for Keyboard Scales and Chords (PP)
	Contemporary Modal Pieces (CMP)
	Twelve Timely Pieces (12TP)
	Dreamweaving (DW)
	Six Contemporary Pieces (SCP)
	Its Easy to Improvise (Improv)

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Music Craft	Topic(s)	CTW	CCW	HCT	AURAL	CPM	Piano Supp
Additional essential topics in Brandman Books	CYCLE OF FIFTHS Including minor keys	CTW2 : p13	CCW1 : P7	HCT p 5	Set 6	1A: p632A: p14	DW: No1 Weaving Improv: p32
	CHORD TABLES	CTW2 : p54-57	CCW1 :	HCT: p6-9		1A: p40-41
			P22-23			on
						2A: p24 on
	I-vi-ii-V-I					2A:
	progression					throughout
	Tonic Minor/	CTW2 : p15				2B: p112
	(British)
	Parallel Minor
	(American)
	Whole tone scale	CTW2 : p65				4: p42	CMP: no11
	Required for
	Simpsons Theme –
	sheet music –
	whole tone runs
	Suspended 4th chords	CTW1 : p71-74	CCW1 : P26-27		Set 6: L3 Set 7: L1		Improv: p26-27
	Keyboard scale and chord patterns						Pictorial Patterns (PP)
Grade 4
Lesson 1	Non-chord tones			HCT: Bk1
	Passing Notes			HCT: p90		2A: p26
	Accented,
	unaccented,
	chromatic
	Neighbor Notes			HCT: p91		2A: p26
	(Auxiliary notes)
Lesson 2	Tenor clef	CTW1 : p13, 17			Set 3: L3 Dotted ¼	4: p6,7
					notes
	V7 (Part 1)	CTW2 : p35	CCW1 :	HCT: Bk2	Set 7: L4	2A: p52, 58	DW: No1
		Figuring p58	P33-36 (G)				Weaving (V7
							chords)
Lesson 3	V7 (Part 2)			HCT: Bk2
	Terms: Lent,
	Modere, Vif
Lesson 4	IV6 (iv6)			HCT: p15
				17, 34-80
	Rhythmic dictation				Set 3: L3 Dotted ¼
					notes
					Set 4:
					L3, L6 6/8 meter

Music Craft	Topic(s)	CTW	CCW	HCT	AURAL	CPM	Piano Supp
Lesson 6	54 metre	CTW2 : p33 CTP: 28,30			Set 2: L3,L4,L5	1B: p50	12TP’s: No6&7 CMP: No 7&16
							Improv: p32
	Terms: MaBig,
	Lebhaft, Schnell
Lesson 7	V65			HCT: Bk2
	Scale recognition				Set 4: L2 Maj,harm