Grade 5 Music Theory CRASH COURSE (ABRSM)

*** UPDATED for the 2020 ABRSM syllabus changes to Online Format Test Questions ***

This is a Grade 5 music theory CRASH COUSE course following the ABRSM's syllabus and including quick revision of the topics set at the earlier grades.

This PDF covers ABRSM Grades 1-5 topics. If you only need a PDF for Grade 5, please see the Grade 5 Course PDF.

Contents:

• Notation basics
• Foreign musical terms (complete list, all grades)
• Time signatures
• Clefs
• Key signatures
• Scales (major, minor and chromatic)
• Intervals and their qualities
• Transposing
• Chords
• Cadences and progressions
• General knowledge about the standard orchestral instruments
• Practice exam

Each chapter provides a step-by-step explanation of the theory, with lots of musical examples. Each chapter is followed by a series of practice exercises. All answers are provided. Suitable for home-study, or for use with your music teacher (age 10-adult).

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