Tones and Semitones
Semitones (Half Steps) A semitone (or “half step” in the USA) is the smallest distance between two different notes. Let’s use the piano keyboard to look at some examples of …
Tied Notes
Ties In music theory, a tie is a small, curved line which connects two notes of exactly the same pitch. The time values of tied notes are added together to …
Trinity College London
Trinity College London (TCL) offers a complete suite of graded exams and diplomas in music performance, teaching and theory. TCL started is the examinations board associated with Trinity College of …
Simple Time Signatures
Time Signatures A time signature is a symbol which we write at the beginning of a piece of music to show how many beats there are in one bar. Time …
Dotted Notes
What are Dotted Notes? Notes and rests can have their lengths increased if we add one or more dots. For Grade 1 ABRSM music theory, you only need to understand …
Time Names of Rests
Rest Shapes In music theory, rests are symbols which tell you to stop playing, and how long to stop for. Rests come in different shapes depending on how long they …
Beaming in Groups
To view the note names in US English, hover over the UK terms. Beaming What is Beaming in Groups? To make music easier to read, we normally group these small …
Time Names of Notes
This page uses UK note names. USA note names are shown in brackets. Note Shapes To show how long notes should be held for, we draw them with different shapes. …
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Pass Your Grade 1 Music Theory with Distinction! Trinity Grade 1 Theory Video Course Get started with the basics of pitch and rhythm notation, including accidentals, key signatures and time …