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).
Grade 5 Music Theory ABRSM - Complete Course PDF
Created by Victoria Williams mymusictheory.com
This PDF covers the ABRSM Grade 5 music theory syllabus (updated for the new 2020 Online Exam syllabus) and contains lessons, exercises and a practice test in the new format.
If you need a PDF which also covers the earlier grades, please see my Grade 5 CRASH COURSE PDF.
Contents:
Foreign musical terms (complete list)
Time signatures
Clefs
Key signatures
Scales
Intervals
Transposing
Chords
Cadences and progressions
General knowledge about the standard orchestral instruments
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).
A complete course following the Trinity College London Grade 6 Music Theory Syllabus.
With exercises, practice test and answers.
(With UK and USA terminology)
Contents includes:
Double Dotted Notes
Duplet
Demisemiquaver Triplets and Sextuplets
Hemiola
Swung Quavers
The Aeolian Mode
Pentatonic Major and Minor Scales
The Blues Scale
Transposing To/From Concert Pitch
Mediant and Leading Note Chords
Chords and their Inversions
Diminished and Supertonic 7th Chord
Figured Bass
Chord Progressions
Cadences
Harmonic Sequence
SATB Harmony
Transferring Open-Close Score
Texture and Orchestration
The Baroque era
Ternary Form
The Baroque Suite
Air and Variations
The Chorale
The Folk Ballad
Composition
Musical Terms
Practice Test
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).
A complete course following the Trinity College London Grade 7 Music Theory Syllabus.
With exercises, practice test and answers.
(With UK and USA terminology)
Course Includes:
Irregular Tuplets
Time signatures
Prevailing Key
Identifying the Prevailing Key
Direct Modulation
Dorian Mode
Major and Minor Penatonic Scales
Blues Scales
The Whole Tone Scale
Transposition
Transposing into/out of Written Pitch
Transposing a 12-Bar Blues Progression
Chords
Chord ii7 and ii-dim7 (Supertonic 7th)
Secondary 7ths
Secondary 7th Chord Symbols
Tierce de Picardie (Major Tonic in Minor Keys)
Voice Leading
7ths Voice Leading
Voice Leading - Exceptions to the “rules”
Pre-Cadence
Cadential 6/4
Completing a Pre-Cadence
Arpeggio 6/4
Inverted Cadence
Phrygian Cadence
Pivot Chords
Harmonic Sequence with Suspensions
Decoration
Auxiliary Notes
Auxiliary Harmony Notes
Appoggiaturas
Chromatic Appoggiaturas
Suspensions
Retardations
Analysing Harmony with Decoration
The Classical Era
Sonata Form
Rondo and Rondo-Sonata Form
The Sonata and Sonatina
The Coda
The Scherzo and Trio
The Symphony
The String Quartet
The 12-Bar Blues
The Woodwind
The Brass
Classical Brass
The Percussion
Transcribing a String Quartet
Keyboard Accompaniment Styles
Musical Terms and Symbols
Composition
Grade 7 Practice Test
A complete course following the Trinity College London Grade 8 Music Theory Syllabus.
With exercises, practice test and answers.
(With UK and USA terminology)
Course includes:
Parallel Keys
Mixolydian Mode
Serialism and Tone Rows
Extended Dominants (V9, V11, V13)
Chromatic Chords e.g Neapolitan 6th (bII), Secondary Dominants, Augmented 6ths (French, Italian & German) and Borrowed Chords
False Relations
Passing Chords
Distant Modulation
Identifying the Prevailing Key
Harmonic Analysis with Decoration
Harmonising a Chorale Melody (with Modulation)
Describing Sound
Musical Instruments
Transposing
Writing an Orchestral Score at Concert Pitch
Note Names in Other Languages
The Romantic Era
Identifying the Era of a Score
The Baroque Concerto
The Concerto
The Etude, Nocturne, Lied, Mazurka, Prelude and Waltz
Composition
Musical Terms
Grade 8 Practice Test