This course contains everything you need to know about harmony, composition and score-reading, for the ABRSM grade 6 music theory exam.  by mymusictheory.com. Each unit includes practice exercises, with a complete test at the end. Answers included. Contents: Introduction to harmony Triads and chords Inversions Chord progressions Melodic decoration How to harmonise a melody Introduction to figured bass The rules of figured bass Adding a figured bass and bass line Introduction to composition Motifs and sequences Cadences Key and tonality Modulation How to compose How to read an orchestral score How to read a chamber music score Instruments, families and their names in various languages Transposing, string and reed instruments Musical terms and signs Ornaments Melodic decoration and pedals Technical tasks (e.g. working out intervals) Periods and composers Each chapter provides a step-by-step explanation of the theory, with lots of musical examples. Each chapter is followed by a series of practice exercises. All answers are provided, model answers are provided for the subjective questions. Suitable for home-study, or for use with your music teacher (age 15-adult).

*** UPDATED for the ABRSM Online Exams *** This is a comprehensive grade 3 music theory course following the ABRSM’s syllabus. Contents: The demisemiquaver (32nd note) Notes, symbols and musical terms Scales & degrees of the scale Key signatures Tonic triads Time signatures & adding bar lines Rewriting a rhythm with different time values Adding rests & beaming notes in groups Intervals Transposition Questions based on a musical score Practice exam Each chapter provides a step-by-step explanation of the theory, with lots of musical examples. Each chapter is followed by a series of practice exercises. All answers are provided. Suitable for home-study, or for use with your music teacher (age 10-adult).

Updated for the ABRSM Online Exams This is a comprehensive grade 4 music theory course following the ABRSM’s syllabus. Contents: Double sharps & flats Enharmonics Key signatures Major, minor and chromatic scales Technical note names Intervals Triads & chords Breves (double whole notes) Double dotted notes Time signatures Duplets Rewriting in a new time signature Treble, bass and alto clefs Transposition Standard orchestral instruments Ornaments & foreign terms Practice exam Each chapter provides a step-by-step explanation of the theory, with lots of musical examples. Each chapter is followed by a series of practice exercises. All answers are provided. Suitable for home-study, or for use with your music teacher (age 10-adult). All MyMusicTheory products are gimmick-free and focus on what you need to know and how to learn it. We break tricky concepts down into easy-to-digest steps and give you lots of tips and strategies to help you figure it all out AND remember it. (Includes both UK and USA terminology)

This course covers knowledge and skills required to answer everything in the ABRSM grade 7 music theory exam. Each question is explained in detail, with a step-by-step guide on how to tackle it. It includes completing a Bach-style chorale, and keyboard style pieces, creating a harmonic reconstruction, composition and score-reading tips. PDF includes lessons, exercises, test and model answers. Contents: Chords vii7, secondary 7ths and the Neapolitan 6th Voice leading and exceptions to the “rules” Decoration notes and their use in chorales and Classical keyboard styles How to analyse harmony with decoration notes Chord progression and harmonic sequences Figured bass including 7th and 9th chords How to figure a given bass line Reconstructing a Baroque chorale and a Classical keyboard piece Writing a solo composition to fit a given piano accompaniment Writing a solo composition from a prompt or given chord progression Questions on musical scores (chamber and orchestral) Musical terms and symbols Practice test Answers Each chapter provides a step-by-step explanation of the theory, with lots of musical examples. Each chapter is followed by a series of practice exercises. All answers are provided, including model answers for the subjective questions. Suitable for home-study, or for use with your music teacher (age 15-adult).

Covers the Grade 1 Music Theory Syllabuses for Trinity This is a comprehensive grade 1 music theory course following Trinity’s syllabus. Contents: The staff and notes in treble and bass clefs Names of notes/rests Accidentals Dotted notes Time Signatures Beaming Ties Tones and semitones Major scales, degrees of the scale Key signatures (C, G and F major) Intervals Tonic Triads Rhythm Dynamics Musical symbols Italian musical terms Practice test Each chapter provides a step-by-step explanation of the theory, with lots of musical examples. Each chapter is followed by a series of practice exercises. All answers are provided. Suitable for home-study, or for use with a music teacher (age 9-adult) Written by Victoria Williams BA (Hons) LmusTCL MISM

This is a comprehensive grade 3 music theory course following the Trinity syllabus. Check out the free preview! (click on “Preview” top right). Contents: Notes, symbols and musical terms Scales & degrees of the scale up to 2 sharps/flats Key signatures Tonic & dominant triads, cadences and progressions Time signatures & adding bar lines Adding rests & beaming notes in groups Intervals and their qualities Transposition Composing a tune and a bass line Finding deliberate mistakes Practice exam Each chapter provides a step-by-step explanation of the theory, with lots of musical examples. Each chapter is followed by a series of practice exercises. All answers are provided. Suitable for home-study, or for use with your music teacher (age 10-adult).