RCM Advanced Rudiments Exam – FREE Practice Exam with 10 Tips
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Here are 10 Tips for successful completion of the RCM Advanced Rudiments Exam. These 10 UMT Tips are included in the FREE Practice Exam.
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READ the UMT Tips before completing each question in the Free Practice Exam. Good Luck with your RCM Advanced Rudiments Exam!
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TOP 10 Tips for RCM Advanced Rudiments Exam Preparation
- RCM Advanced Rudiments Exam – UMT Tip #1
Before beginning your exam, write out the Circle of Fifths. Write the order of flats and sharps. Write the Major keys on the outside of the circle and the relative minor keys on the inside of the circle.
BONUS UMT Tip
When naming intervals: Read the instructions carefully. On the exam, the interval question may ask you to invert the intervals OR to change the upper or lower notes of each interval enharmonically. An enharmonic note (enharmonic equivalent) has the same pitch using a different letter name.
- RCM Advanced Rudiments Exam – UMT Tip #2
When naming the position of a chord: The position is based on the bottom note of the triad or chord. The position can be root position, 1st inversion, 2nd inversion (or 3rd inversion for 4-note chords).
- RCM Advanced Rudiments Exam – UMT Tip #3
When rewriting a melody at the same pitch in a different clef: Write the bar lines first before transposing the notes.
BONUS UMT Tip
When transposing to concert pitch: The French Horn and English Horn are both Horns. “Horns” has 5 letters. “Hint”: the instruments that are Horns go DOWN a Perfect 5th.
- RCM Advanced Rudiments Exam – UMT Tip #4
When writing a melodic minor scale using a Key Signature and using a center bar line, accidentals are not needed to lower the 6th and 7th notes. When NOT using a center bar line, accidentals WILL be needed in the descending scale.
- RCM Advanced Rudiments Exam – UMT Tip #5
When completing a cadence: Always write the cadence under the given notes. Use the same note values as the given notes.
- RCM Advanced Rudiments Exam – UMT Tip #6
When rewriting an Open Vocal Score: In Short Score, the text (words) are written in the middle of the Grand Staff.
- RCM Advanced Rudiments Exam – UMT Tip #7
When adding rests to fill a whole measure: A whole rest fills a whole measure of silence in all Time Signatures except 4/2 which uses a breve rest.
- RCM Advanced Rudiments Exam – UMT Tip #8
When naming a scale as Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian or Aeolian: To identify the type of Mode, use the hint sentence “I Do Play Like Mozart And Liszt”.
- RCM Advanced Rudiments Exam – UMT Tip #9
When matching musical terms: Before looking at the possible definitions, look at the Term and identify the definition. Then match the definition with one of the given definitions.
RCM Advanced Rudiments Exam – UMT Tip #10
When identifying the relationship between notes: The relationship between musical passages can be imitation, inversion or sequence.
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