ABRSM Grade 1 Music Theory
Welcome to the ABRSM Grade 1 Music Theory start page! If you (or your child/pupil) are just starting out on your music theory journey, this is the right place to …
Pitch & the Treble Clef
Staff Notation in Music Music is written down in a number of different ways around the world. In the West, most instruments use a method called staff notation. The music …
The Bass Clef
We’ve already learned about our first clef, the treble clef. For most low-pitched music (where most of it is lower than middle C), we use the bass clef. The bass …
Accidentals
In music theory, the term “accidentals” is used to describe some notes which have been slightly altered. Accidentals are the symbols which are placed before the note on the stave …
The Grand Staff
The notes on the treble and bass clefs staves all belong to the same “giant” stave which has 11 lines in total. This is called a “grand staff”. The middle …
Q1 | Figured Bass Walkthrough (ABRSM Grade 7)
https://youtu.be/vc21sbF3TfQ
Chromatics in Composition Openings
In this video, we will look at how to deal with composition given openings that contain chromatic notes.
Corelli Trio Sonata Op.23 No.1
https://youtu.be/SZ6F4uBMfZM
The Woodwind Section
https://youtu.be/cCb0QLJ2RSY
Q2 | Keyboard Decoration
In this video I analyse the first 8 bars of Mozart’s piano sonata K570, 2nd movement, looking at the and how it is used in a keyboard style.