On this page you can download a free PDF with ABRSM Grade 6 Composition questions to practise at home.
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Preparation Task:
- What key is it in?
- What is the time signature?
- What instrument are you writing for?
- Exactly how many bars are you going to write? Is there an upbeat to take into account?
- Will you include a modulation, if so to what key? What key will you end in? What are the pivot chords in those two keys?
- Which parts of the opening are interesting enough to be used as motifs throughout the piece?
- Is the given opening exactly two bars long? (If not, what do you need to consider?)
- What cadences are you going to imply and what bar/beat will they fall on?
Marking Your Work
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