Note Names in Other Languages
Note Names in Other Languages The letter names of the notes A-G which we use in English have different names in other languages. You might see these names written in …
More About Orchestral Instruments
Instrument Families There are four families of instrument. Each family is defined by the way the instruments produce sound. Reed Instruments In the woodwind family, the clarinet, oboe and bassoon …
Cadences (ABRSM Grade 5)
Cadences “Chord progression” means “series of chords which follow each other”. For example, I-IV-V-I is a chord progression. A cadence is a combination of specific chords which tells the listener …
Musical Terms Grade 5 (ABRSM)
ABRSM Grade 5 Foreign Musical Terms (Updated July 2020 with the new ABRSM list of terms) For ABRSM Grade 5 Theory, you need to try to learn all the foreign …
Chord Inversions
Chord Inversions The simplest way to write a chord is as a triad. A triad is a three-note chord. A chord written like this has its notes as close together …
Chord II – The Supertonic
You should already be familiar with the tonic, dominant and subdominant chords/triads. If not, please see Triads and Chords before reading this lesson! The chord built up from the 2nd …
Transposing by a 4th or 5th
In this lesson we will learn how to move a tune up or down by the interval of a perfect 4th or perfect 5th. The 5th is the interval of …
Transposing by a 2nd or 3rd
Most clarinets and trumpets are pitched “in Bb”, which means that the sounds produced by the instrument are a major 2nd lower than written. To work out how music written …
Transposing Instruments
What note do you hear when you play this note on the piano? You hear a middle C, of course. But if you play the same note on a clarinet, …
Intervals in a Score
In your music theory exam, you might be given a musical score, with questions about finding or naming intervals in that score. There are a few extra things to keep …