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Technical Names for the Degrees of the Scale - A Closer Look with Sharon Bill

Technical Names fo the Degrees of the Scale with Sharon Bill

This lesson is an additional lesson to support your work in your study for Music Theory Grades. Each step (or degree) of the scale is given a technical name. Although it is relatively easy to memorise these names it is much more interesting if we delve a little deeper into why these names represent each degree of the scale. It’s a fascinating topic and it makes it so much easier to remember the names if we understand what each term means. Let’s take a closer look!

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All The New ABRSM Music Theory Grade 5 lessons with Sharon Bill are available now

All The New ABRSM Music Theory Grade 5 lessons with Sharon Bill are available now

The new ABRSM Discovering Music Theory Grade 5 complete music theory lessons with Sharon Bill are available now. These lessons will teach you everything you need to take the grade 5 ABRSM Music Theory exam.

Below are links to all 10 of my ABRSM Discovering Music Theory Grade 5 lessons on Patreon. These Grade 5 lessons are available in tiers two and three, Molto and Maestro.
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All 10 ABRSM Discovering Music Theory Grade 5 lessons with Sharon Bill Patreon Links

Lesson 1 ABRSM Discovering Music Theory Grade 5 Rhythm Pages 1 - 9
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Lesson 2 ABRSM Discovering Music Theory Grade 5 Pitch Part 1 Pages 10 - 16
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Lesson 3 ABRSM Discovering Music Theory Grade 5 Pitch Part 2 Pages 17 - 26
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Lesson 4 ABRSM Discovering Music Theory Grade 5 Keys and Scales Pages 27 - 34
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Lesson 5 ABRSM Discovering Music Theory Grade 5 Intervals Pages 35 - 43
https://www.patreon.com/posts/61857314

Lesson 6 ABRSM Discovering Music Theory Grade 5 Chords Pages 44 - 60
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Lesson 7 ABRSM Discovering Music Theory Grade 5 Terms, Signs & Instruments (Part 1) Pages 61 - 67
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Lesson 8 ABRSM Discovering Music Theory Grade 5 Terms, Signs & Instruments (Part 2) Pages 68 - 75
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Lesson 9 ABRSM Discovering Music Theory Grade 5 Music In Context Pages 76 - 83
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Lesson 10 ABRSM Discovering Music Theory Grade 5 Practice Exam Paper Pages 85 - 95
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ABRSM Discovering Music Theory Grade 5 Practice Exam Paper Pages 85 - 95 on Patreon with Sharon Bill

ABRSM Discovering Music Theory Grade 5 Practice Exam Paper pages 85 - 95 with Sharon Bill

Welcome to my Music Theory Tutorials. In this Grade 5 ABRSM Discovering Music Theory lesson I will guide you through the tenth chapter of ABRSM Music Theory in Practice Grade 5 which is a practice exam paper. This chapter brings together many elements from previous chapters and looks at various topics and follows the format of the ABRSM Discovering Music Theory exam.

This lesson is 1:08:31 minutes and is divided into sections. Click on the chapter divisions in the play bar to move to move between sections.

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Tier 1 ABRSM Grades 1-3
Tier 2 ABRSM DMT Grades 4-5
Tier 3 ABRSM DMT Grades 1-5 and you can ask two questions per month
(Grades 1 - 5 are now all online. Grade 6 is going live from August 2022, 7 and 8 are for future production. Check Patreon for updates)

ABRSM Discovering Music Theory Grade 5 Music In Context Pages 76 - 83 on Patreon with Sharon Bill

ABRSM Discovering Music Theory Grade 5 Music In Context pages 76 - 83 with Sharon Bill

Welcome to my Music Theory Tutorials. In this Grade 5 ABRSM Discovering Music Theory lesson I will guide you through the ninth chapter of ABRSM Music Theory in Practice Grade 5 which looks at Music In Context. This chapter brings together many elements from previous chapters and looks at various topics with reference to a given extract of music.

This lesson is 43:30 minutes and is divided into sections. Click on the chapter divisions in the play bar to move to move between sections.

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Tier 1 ABRSM Grades 1-3
Tier 2 ABRSM DMT Grades 4-5
Tier 3 ABRSM DMT Grades 1-5 and you can ask two questions per month
(Grades 1 - 5 are now all online. Grade 6 is going live from August 2022, 7 and 8 are for future production. Check Patreon for updates)

Intervals A Closer Look on Patreon with Sharon Bill

Intervals A Closer Look with Sharon Bill

This lesson is an additional lesson to support your work in your study for Music Theory Grades. The topic of Intervals can be a little tricky, but it it so interesting! With a little explanation and practice it will soon become easy!

Intervals, or the distance between two notes can easily be explained by steps, or degrees. However, we can then further explain this distance by considering chromatic alterations. It’s a fascinating topic with some aspects dating back as far as Medieval music. Let’s take a closer look at the subject of Intervals.

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My Patreon Channel Patreon.com/SharonBill has Three Tiers.
Tier 1 ABRSM Grades 1-3
Tier 2 ABRSM DMT Grades 4-5
Tier 3 ABRSM DMT Grades 1-5 and you can ask two questions per month
(Grades 1 - 5 are now all online. Grade 6 is going live from August 2022, 7 and 8 are for future production. Check Patreon for updates)

The Circle of Fifths A Closer Look on Patreon with Sharon Bill

The Circle of Fifths A Closer Look with Sharon Bill

This lesson is an additional lesson to support your work in your study for Music Theory Grades. You can work the formula as far as you need - going only to the number of sharps and flats required, or you can work through all the keys and see it travel ‘full circle’. With a little bit of practice it’s easy!

The Circle of Fifths is a simple way of making sure you have all the correct key signatures for every major and minor key. It is also a system for making sure that you have all the correct related major and minor key pairings. If you get used to sketching out the circle of fifths it saves so much time and confusion, thinking about which key signature you should be thinking about. With a little practice you can have all the knowledge that you need at your fingertips, whether you’re dealing with scales, intervals or triads. It’s like a magic formula!

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Tier 1 ABRSM Grades 1-3
Tier 2 ABRSM DMT Grades 4-5
Tier 3 ABRSM DMT Grades 1-5 and you can ask two questions per month
(Grades 1 - 5 are now all online. Grade 6 is going live from August 2022, 7 and 8 are for future production. Check Patreon for updates)

ABRSM Discovering Music Theory Grade 5 Terms, Signs and Instruments Part 2 Pages 68 - 75 on Patreon with Sharon Bill

ABRSM Discovering Music Theory Grade 5 Terms Signs and Instruments part 2 pages 68 - 75 with Sharon Bill

Welcome to my Music Theory Tutorials. In this Grade 5 ABRSM Discovering Music Theory lesson I will guide you through the eighth chapter of ABRSM Music Theory in Practice Grade 5 which looks at the ornaments of trills, turns, upper mordents, lower mordents, acciaccaturas and appoggiaturas. This chapter also looks at new terms and performance directions in Italian and German.

This lesson is 54:39 minutes and is divided into sections. Click on the chapter divisions in the play bar to move to move between sections.

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My Patreon Channel Patreon.com/SharonBill has Three Tiers.
Tier 1 ABRSM Grades 1-3
Tier 2 ABRSM DMT Grades 4-5
Tier 3 ABRSM DMT Grades 1-5 and you can ask two questions per month
(Grades 1 - 5 are now all online. Grade 6 is going live from August 2022, 7 and 8 are for future production. Check Patreon for updates)

ABRSM Discovering Music Theory Grade 5 Terms, Signs and Instruments Part 1 Pages 61 - 67 on Patreon with Sharon Bill

ABRSM Discovering Music Theory Grade 5 Terms Signs and Instruments part 1 pages 61 - 67 with Sharon Bill

Welcome to my Music Theory Tutorials. In this Grade 5 ABRSM Discovering Music Theory lesson I will begin to guide you through the seventh chapter of ABRSM Music Theory in Practice Grade 5 which looks at the instruments of the orchestra. Strings, Woodwind, Brass and Percussion instruments are discussed. This chapter also looks at transposing and non-transposing instruments, and also percussion instruments of definite and indefinite pitch.

This lesson is 1:10:33 minutes and is divided into sections. Click on the chapter divisions in the play bar to move to move between sections.

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My Patreon Channel Patreon.com/SharonBill has Three Tiers.
Tier 1 ABRSM Grades 1-3
Tier 2 ABRSM DMT Grades 4-5
Tier 3 ABRSM DMT Grades 1-5 and you can ask two questions per month
(Grades 1 - 5 are now all online. Grade 6 is going live from August 2022, 7 and 8 are for future production. Check Patreon for updates)