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Grade 6 Music Theory (ABRSM)

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" I've just found out the results for my Grade 6 Theory ... I got a Distinction! found your easy to understand course incredibly helpful; it allowed me to understand other textbooks and exercises much better"

 

This course contains everything you need to know about harmony, composition and score-reading, for the ABRSM grade 6 music theory exam. 

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
  • Realizing a figured bass ("realizing" means "creating chords from")
  • Adding a figured bass and bass line
  • Introduction to composition
  • Architecture in music
  • 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
  • Key
  • Chords
  • 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).

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. 

 "Your course is excellent...much easier to follow than the big Ottman or Laitz texts. Lighter to carry and easier on the purse."

Victoria Williams BA (Music) is a music theory professional who coaches students privately, and publicly via www.mymusictheory.com. A music graduate from the University of Leeds (UK), Victoria specialised in musicology.  Victoria coaches students from grade 1 to diploma level, and has an exceptionally high pass rate for her private students. MyMusicTheory.com is the worlds' no.1 website for free, graded, music theory tuition and welcomes more than half a million unique visitors annually. 

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