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