Covers the Grade 1 Music Theory Syllabuses for ABRSM *** INCLUDES UPDATES for the new Online ABRSM Exams *** This is a comprehensive grade 1 music theory course following the ABRSM’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, D 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 2 music theory course following the Trinity College London syllabus. Complete Grade 2 Course with exercises, answers and practice exam Contents: Notes, rests and ledger lines Treble and bass clefs Major and minor scales Degrees of the scale Accidentals Key signatures Time signatures Compositional devices Tonic triads & inversions Intervals The circle of 5ths Composing a melody to a given rhythm Foreign musical terms Writing sequences and ostinati 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, with the exception of the composition question, due to its subjective nature. Suitable for home-study, or for use with a music teacher (age 10-adult).

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).

This is a Grade 5 music theory CRASH COUSE course following the ABRSM’s syllabus and including quick revision of the topics set at the earlier grades. This PDF covers ABRSM Grades 1-5 topics. If you only need a PDF for Grade 5, please see the Grade 5 Course PDF! Contents: Notation basics Foreign musical terms (complete list, all grades) Time signatures Clefs Key signatures Scales (major, minor and chromatic) Intervals and their qualities Transposing Chords Cadences and progressions General knowledge about the standard orchestral instruments Practice exam

Complete course for Grade 8 ABRSM music theory candidates. Step-by-step lessons covering: The Trio Sonata - how it is constructed, the rules you need to know, how to complete the question The Keyboard Reconstruction - how to tackle the question, what the examiner is looking for Composition - how to adapt the given opening, how to structure a composition, create phrases with cadences and modulation, how to add meaningful performance directions General Knowledge - how to interpret an orchestral score, non-standard instruments, transposing, intervals, harmony and chords including the chromatic chords, describing sound in words, commenting on similarities and differences, compositional techniques and how to differentiate by era/composer. Includes exercises, practice test and model answers

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).