Last Updated on 13 October 2026 by Victoria Williams
Pass Your Grade 3 Music Theory with Distinction!
ABRSM Grade 3 Theory Video Course
Develop your knowledge of notation, including more key signatures and compound time signatures and grouping of notes and rests in compound time.
Learn the melodic minor scales and all scales in keys up to four sharps/flats. Get started with transposition.
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 3 Theory Syllabus
As in the preceding grades, with the addition of:
- Compound time signatures of and the grouping of notes and rests within these times.
- The demisemiquaver (32nd note) and its equivalent rest.
Extension of the stave beyond two ledger lines. - Transposition at the octave from the treble clef to the bass clef, and vice versa.
- Scales and key signatures of all major and minor keys up to and including four sharps and flats, including both harmonic and melodic forms of minor scales, with their tonic triads (root position), degrees (number only), and intervals above the tonic (number and type).
- More terms and signs.
Read the ABRSM music theory syllabus here.
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