I’m often asked what motivates me to keep on studying music, promoting learning music and providing lessons with which you can learn music. There are many answers, but the overriding motivation is simply that I’m just so nosey! I love stepping back into history and peeling back the layers of what was in the composer’s mind and stepping into their world. There’s always something new to learn, and the more I learn the more I realise I don’t know. They say that curiosity killed the cat, but in this case I disagree - be curious and keep learning!

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Gavotte in F, by J. L. Dussek A:2 of the ABRSM Grade 2 Exam syllabus. Here is a play-through of this pastoral folk dance.

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How To Take Your ABRSM Music Theory Exam - Grades 1-3
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In this music theory lesson I discuss all you need to know to successfully answer ABRSM Grade 6 Question 3(a) Exercise 5 - Composing a Traditional style melody. I discuss various ways in which a short melody can be composed continuing in a given style, and how to modulate in a single melody line. I also show how a single melody line still implies full harmony, and I suggest considerations for the instrument that the composition is to be performed on. I explain all that needs to be understood to fully answer this question. The full lesson is available on my Patreon channel. Sample examples from this lesson are included in this short video.

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Écossaise in G by Ludwig van Beethoven, A:1 of the ABRSM Grade 2 Exam syllabus. Here is a play-through of this lively Scottish dance.

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In this music theory lesson I explain all you need to know to successfully answer ABRSM Grade 6 Question 1a Exercise 9. Allocating chords to a given melody line implies the rules of four-part harmony. The full lesson is available on my Patreon channel. Sample examples from this lesson are included in this short video.

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In this music theory lesson I explain all you need to know to successfully answer ABRSM Grade 6 Question 5 Exercise 2 - Analysis of a Short Orchestral Extract. This is where we really start to peel back the layers of music to see what was in a composer’s mind. I explain all that needs to be understood to fully answer this question. The full lesson is available on my Patreon channel. Sample examples from this lesson are included in this short video.

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IIn this music theory lesson I explain all you need to know to successfully answer ABRSM Grade 6 Question 4 Exercise 2 - Harmonic Analysis of a Short Extract. This is where we really start to peel back the layers of music to see what was in a composer’s mind. I demonstrate how to easily find and explain chords, phrase structure and melodic devices. I explain all that needs to be understood to fully answer this question. The full lesson is available on my Patreon channel. Sample examples from this lesson are included in this short video.

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In this music theory lesson I discuss all you need to know to successfully answer ABRSM Grade 6 Question 2, Exercise 4 - Realising a Figured Bass into Four Part Harmony I explain all the rules of four part harmony that need to be understood to fully answer this question. The full lesson is available on my Patreon channel. Sample examples from this lesson are included in this short video.

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In this music theory lesson I discuss all you need to know to successfully answer ABRSM Grade 6 Question 3(a) Exercise 4 - Composing a Traditional style melody. I discuss various ways in which a short melody can be composed continuing in a given style, and how to modulate in a single melody line. I also show how a single melody line still implies full harmony, and I suggest considerations for the instrument that the composition is to be performed on. I explain all that needs to be understood to fully answer this question. The full lesson is available on my Patreon channel. Sample examples from this lesson are included in this short video.

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In this music theory lesson I explain all you need to know to successfully answer ABRSM Grade 6 Question 1a Exercise 8. Allocating chords to a given melody line implies the rules of four-part harmony. The full lesson is available on my Patreon channel. Sample examples from this lesson are included in this short video.

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I’m often asked what motivates me to keep on studying music, promoting learning music and providing lessons with which you can learn music. There are many answers, but the overriding motivation is simply that I’m just so nosey! I love stepping back into history and peeling back the layers of what was in the composer’s mind and stepping into their world. There’s always something new to learn, and the more I learn the more I realise I don’t know. They say that curiosity killed the cat, but in this case I disagree - be curious and keep learning!

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My new books are now available via Amazon worldwide

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In this music theory lesson I discuss all you need to know to successfully answer ABRSM Grade 6 Question 2, Exercise 3 - Realising a Figured Bass into Four Part Harmony I explain all the rules of four part harmony that need to be understood to fully answer this question. The full lesson is available on my Patreon channel. Sample examples from this lesson are included in this short video.

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In this music theory lesson I discuss all you need to know to successfully answer ABRSM Grade 6 Question 3(a) Exercise 3 - Composing a Traditional style melody. I discuss various ways in which a short melody can be composed continuing in a given style, and how to modulate in a single melody line. I also show how a single melody line still implies full harmony, and I suggest considerations for the instrument that the composition is to be performed on. I explain all that needs to be understood to fully answer this question. The full lesson is available on my Patreon channel. Sample examples from this lesson are included in this short video.

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In this music theory lesson I explain all you need to know to successfully answer ABRSM Grade 6 Question 1a Exercise 7. Allocating chords to a given melody line implies the rules of four-part harmony. The full lesson is available on my Patreon channel. Sample examples from this lesson are included in this short video.

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