MS Level 1

KEY C Major
PITCH Stepwise, Diatonic with repeated notes
METER 4/4
DURATION Whole, Half and Quarter notes, no rests

MS Level 2

KEY Same as Level 1
PITCH Stepwise, diatonic with repeated notes and skips limited to the tonic triad on the beat.
METER 3/4
DURATION Dotted Half notes, Half notes, Quarter notes and Quarter rests.

MS Level 3

KEY D Major, A Major
PITCH Stepwise, diatonic, skips limited to the tonic triad on the beat.
METER 3/4 or 4/4
DURATION Whole, Dotted Half, Half, Dotted Quarter, Quarter and Eighth notes. Quarter and Eighth Rests.

MS Level 4

KEY Same as Level 3
PITCH Stepwise, diatonic, with repeated notes. Range in exercise not to exceed Tonic to Dominant (Do – Sol)
METER 6/8
DURATION Dotted Quarter, Quarter and Eighth Notes. No rests.

HS Level 1

KEY C Major
PITCH Stepwise, Diatonic
METER 4/4
DURATION Whole, Half and Quarter notes in measure 1-4; dotted quarter and eighth notesadded in measures 5-8.

HS Level 2

KEY F Major
PITCH Stepwise, diatonic with skips limited to the tonic triad on the beat.
METER 4/4 or 3/4
DURATION Level 1 criteria plus quarter rests on the beat. Rhythms from previous level may be used at any point in Level 2 and subsequent level(s)

HS Level 3

KEY d minor in the harmonic form
PITCH Stepwise, diatonic with skips on the Tonic triad on the beat.
METER 3/4 or 4/4
DURATION Level 2 criteria plus passing eighth notes and/or eighth-note triplet on repeated pitches.

HS Level 4

KEY G Major or D Major
PITCH Stepwise, diatonic with skips on the Tonic triad on the beat.
METER 6/8 or 6/4 (compound duple)
DURATION Dotted quarter notes, dotted quarter rests, quarter notes, quarter rests, dotted eighth notes, sixteenth notes and dotted eighth-sixteenth notes.

HS Level 5

KEY C Major
PITCH Stepwise and skips on the Tonic, Sub-Dominant and Dominant Triads on the beat and off the beat. Chromatic alterations of the 4th (fi) and 7th (te) approached stepwise.
METER 4/4, 3/4 or 6/8
DURATION Level 1-4 plus dotted eighth-sixteenths, syncopation on the “and” of a beat and ties across the bar lines.