Music Theory ABRSM Grade 7 Complete

About this course

This course covers knowledge and skills required to answer everything in the ABRSM Grade 7 Music Theory exam.Every topic in the syllabus is explained in a concise and easy-to-follow way. Each exam question is explained in detail, with step-by-step videos on how to tackle it. Grade 7 ABRSM comprises five questions:1) Adding figures to a given bass line and melody part2) Completing a Bach-style chorale or early-Classical ear keyboard style pieces, using suitable melodic decoration and keyboard accompaniments3) Composition of either a solo part to fit a given piano accompaniment, or a solo piece based on a given chord progression and stylistic opening.4) and 5) A mixed bag of score-reading question (e.g. intervals, chord recognition, cadences, transposition, identification of eras, knowledge about orchestral instruments and music terms and symbols etc.) Question 4 is usually a smaller-scale chamber music score, and question 5 is usually an extract from an orchestral score.PDF including - with detailed lessons, exercises, test and model answers. 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, including model answers for the creative questions.Course ContentsChords vii7, secondary 7ths and the Neapolitan 6thVoice leading and exceptions to the "rules"Decoration notes and their use in chorales and Classical keyboard stylesHow to analyse harmony with decoration notesChord progression and harmonic sequencesFigured bass including 7th and 9th chordsHow to figure a given bass lineReconstructing a Baroque chorale and a Classical keyboard pieceWriting a solo composition to fit a given piano accompaniment