Practice Theory Test Links (2024 Update):

These are new Theory Practice Test PDFs for 2024. Click on the Link for the desired level, and it will include all tests that students will need to know for that level.

Beginner Levels . In levels 1-4 students will be required to do all of the previous levels, and their current level. [For example: Level 3 Link includes Primer and Levels 1-3. ]

Primer Level

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Intermediate Levels. In levels 5-7 students will be required to do levels Primer through four, and the level (5, 6, or 7) that they are on.

Level 5

Level 6

Level 7

Advanced Levels. In levels 8-10 students will be required to do levels Primer through four, Level 7, and the level (8, 9, or 10) that they are on.

Level 8

Level 9

Level 10

Link for a combined PDF of All Levels, Primer through 10.

ALL Levels

Musical Period Guidelines for Teachers:

The following list contains sample pieces and composers for the different time periods. Please remember that this is only a suggested list. There are many choices for each category.

Baroque Period Pre-1750

JS Bach*, Henry Purcell, Francios Couperin, Jean-Phillipe Rameau, George Friedrich Handel, Domenico Scarlatti, Antonio Soler.

William Gillock Fanfare and Other Courtly Dances in Baroque Style. Gigues, Sarabandes, Allemnades, Minuets, Musettes by 20th century composers may fit the qualifications.

ClassicalPeriod 1750-1820

CPE Bach, Franz Joseph Hadyn, JC Bach, Muzio Clementi, Friedrich Kuhlau, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Leopold Mozart.

William Gillock Accent on Rhythm and Style- Sonatina in Classic Style. Classical Style arrangements in method books, i.e. Bastien, Noona, Alfred, Faber, etc., would be appropriate for beginning students.

Romantic Period 1820-1900

Franz Schubert, Felix Mendelssohn, Frederic Chopin, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms, Edward Grieg, Peter Tchaikovsky, Edward MacDowell, James Bastien, Prelude in Romantic Style

Contemporary Period 1900-present

Claude Debussy, Erik Satie, Maurice Ravel, Bela Bartok*, Zoltan Kodaly, Dmitri Kabalevsky*, Dmitri Shostakovich, Igor Stravinsky, Serge Prokofieff, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Robert Vandall, David Carr Glover, Eugenie Rocherolle, William Gillock, Walter and Carol Noona, James and Jane Bastien*, Frances Clark, Nancy Faber*, etc.

*These composers have written excellent pieces for all levels of students.