Last Updated on 13 October 2026 by Victoria Williams
Pass Your Grade 2 Music Theory with Distinction!
ABRSM Grade 2 Theory Video Course
Develop your knowledge of pitch and rhythm notation, including more key signatures and some less common time signatures., plus triplets.
Learn about minor scales, how we can use them to created chords or triads, and how we can measure the distance or “interval” between two notes in minor keys.
Learn at home at your own pace, with a structured course in logical order!
The course includes around 1 hour of short video lessons (2-4 minutes each), plus PDF with answers included.
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ABRSM Grade 2 Theory Syllabus
As in Grade 1, with the addition of:
- Simple time signatures of and the grouping of notes and rests within these times. Triplets, and triplet note groups with rests.
- Extension of the stave to include two ledger lines below and above each stave.
- Relative major and minor keys. Construction of the minor scale (harmonic only). Scales and key signatures of the major keys of B b and E b, and the minor keys of A, E and D, with their tonic triads (root position), degrees (number only), and intervals above the tonic (by number only).
- More terms and signs in common use.
Read the ABRSM music theory syllabus here.
Get a Free Music Theory Cheat Sheet PDF!Free ABRSM Grade 2 Music Theory Lessons on MyMusicTheory
Bass/Treble Clef Transposition
Working Out the Time Signature
Rewriting in a New Time Signature