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Mymusictheory.com - Lessons in music theory designed to help you pass the Music Theory exams run by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM).

At present we have complete free courses in Grade One, Grade Two and Grade Five, with Grade Six in progress. Scroll down for a list of lessons. More grades will be added soon!

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Music Theory Lessons and Practice

Music Theory courses and ExercisesEach course is designed to take you step by step through everything you need to know for each grade of the music theory exams. Each tutorial has a set of practice exercises which you can use online; you can also print off the complete exercises for each grade so that you can work on them offline.



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Free Lessons for you on My Music Theory:


Grade One Grade Two Grade Five
1. Staff & Notes 1. Notes, Rests & Ledger Lines 1. Good Notation
2. Clefs 2. Treble & Bass Clef 2. Musical Terms
3. Accidentals 3. Major Scales 3. Time Signatures
4. Note Names 4. Minor Scales 4. Clefs
5. Rests 5. Degree of the Scale 5. Key Signatures
6. Dotted Notes 6. Key Signatures & Accidentals 6. Scales
7. Beaming 7. Working with Key Signatures 7. Intervals
8. Tied Notes 8. Writing Scales 8. Transposing Instruments
9. Time Signatures 9. Sime Time Signatures 9. SATB - Writing for Voices
10. Tones and semitones 10. Barlines & Time Signatures 10. Describing Chords
11. Major Scales 11. Rewriting in a New Time Sig. 11. Cadences
12. Key Signatures 12. Adding Rests 12. Composing a Melody (General)
13. Intervals 13. Tonic Triads 13. Composing a Melody (Instruments)
14. Tonic Triads 14. Intervals 14. Composing a Melody (Voices)
15. Rhythms 15. Triplets 15. Orchestral Instruments
16. Dynamics 16. Composing a Rhythm 16. Practice Exam
17. Symbols 17. Foreign Terms  
18. Foreign Terms 18. Handwriting Music  
19. Handwriting Music 19. Practice Exam  
20. Practice Exam    

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