Grade 1 Music Theory Test (ABRSM)
Test your skills and knowledge of Grade One Music Theory with this free online practice test! The questions are based on the ABRSM syllabus and cover: The test will …
Test your skills and knowledge of Grade One Music Theory with this free online practice test! The questions are based on the ABRSM syllabus and cover: The test will …
Italian Terms In Grade One Music Theory (Trinity and ABRSM), you need to know what a handful of Italian terms mean in music. People often wonder why most musical terms …
Musical Symbols Symbols in music have many different shapes and uses. They are useful because they give us information quickly, without us having to read words. Symbols which are attached …
Dynamics – or “Volume Control” “Dynamics” are all about the volume (loudness) of music – is it quiet or loud, does it increase or decrease in volume? Constant or Changing? …
In the Trinity Grade One Music Theory exam, you may have to write two bars of rhythm as an answer to two given bars. The question could look something like …
Clearly and Neatly In the Trinity Grade One Music Theory exam, you need to be able to write music clearly and neatly. You will lose marks on any answer that …
What does the term “tonic triad” mean? The tonic is the first (and last) note in a scale. “Triad” means “chord built with thirds”. A “tonic triad” is a music …
Intervals An interval is the distance between two notes, measured as a number. In Grade One Music Theory (ABRSM and Trinity), sometimes you have to measure given intervals, and sometimes …
Key When we write music which mostly uses notes from the scale of C major and sounds good finished with a C, we say that the music is “in the …
The C Major Scale Listen to this series of eight notes: This is a scale of C major. (A “scale” is any defined series of musical notes.) In the C major scale, …